CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

Indexes
Tools
Record’s details
CC BY 4.0
The above license applies to the data in this record, but not to any images displayed. The images are the property of third parties and are either used with permission or reproduced from publications (see the credits below each image).

M 227 RES 3004; B-M 223


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...](m) ḏ-Dbr kbrh hg[rn ... ...]
   2  [... ...]rq w-Khln Nbṭ[ʿṯtr ... ...]
   3  [... ... ʿṯ]tr ḏ-Qbḍ w-kl ʾl[ʾlt ... ...]

Apparatus
2[... ...]rq has probably to be integrated as [... ... Yh]rq.
At the end of the line B-M reads Nbṭ(h)[... ...]. For the restoration of the epithet Nbṭʿṯtr, cf. M 253, Y.92.B.A 28 and DhM 386 (Rossi 2012).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rossi 2012: 379Rossi, Irene 2012. Notes on Minaic epigraphy: reconsideration of some theonyms and divine epithets. Pages 375-386 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art.