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M 200 RES 2978; B-M 273


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  [W](h)bʾl w-bhn-s¹w bhny
   2  ʿbd ḏ-S²ʿṯm bny mḥfd—
   3  n Yṯʿn qdm w-mʿḏr
   4  bn [ʾs²r](s¹) ʿd (s²qr)

Apparatus
3-4RES's reading ends at qdm; the following text is B-M's reading.
4b-ywmh ʾlyfʿ (Bauer 1973: 27).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Whbʾl and his sons, sons of
   2  ʿbd ḏ-S²ʿṯm, built the to-
   3  wer Yṯʿn, the façade and the back wall
   4  from foundation to top.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1979 b: 103Robin, Christian J. 1979. A propos des inscriptions in situ de Barāqish, l'antique Yṯl (Nord-Yemen). Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 9: 102-112.
Bauer 1973Bauer, Gleb M. 1973. Maʿinskie nadpisi iz Barāqiša. Pages 18-32 in Drevnjaja Aravija. IX godičnaja naučnaja sessija Leningr. Otdel. Inst. Voskokoved. Akad. Nuk S.S.S.R.. Leningrad.