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M 236 RES 3012; B-M 10
Fontaine and Arbach 2006: 77, fig. 31
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| We cannot exclude that the lacuna following the dedicatory verb contained also construction verbs, like in many inscriptions on the walls of Baraqish. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]w-ʿmydʿ w-ʿmkrb bhny[ Ḥm]ʿṯt ḏ-Yfʿn ʾbhy [... ...] bhny Mʿdkrb bn ʾlyfʿ (Y)ṯʿ mlk Mʿnm s³lʾ [... ...]
2 [... ... ʿ]ḍ w-mʿḏr-s¹ ʾbnm bn w(s¹)[ṭ] hgrn w-kl ʿḍ-s¹ w-t[qr-s¹ ... ... bn ʾ]s²rs¹ ʿd-s²qrn w-kwn s³l[ʾ]n w-mbny mḥfdn ḏ-Mlḥ bn q[... ...]
3 [... ... ](w)-ʿlly b-gnʾ hgrn Qrnw ṯ[n](t)y ṣḥftny w-ṯn(y) m(ḥ)[... ...](m bl)qm w-ʿḍm w-tqrm w-ywm (b)[n]y w-gnʾ b-gnʾ hgrn Yṯl ḫlf[... ...]
4 [... ...]-s¹ Ts²bm w-S²bmt w-mḥfdn Yġl w-y<w>m bny b-hgr[n ... ...](m) (Y)fʿn w-Hrn w-ʾḫṭb-s¹mn w-y[w]m bny b-Yṯl ʾbyt-s¹m ḥḍrn [... ...]
5 [... ... ]ḥfr w-s¹nbṭ ʾbʾr-s¹m b-Y(ṯ)l b-ḏt kbkb w-bʾ(r)[ ... ...]r(n) w-b ʿfd w-tġr w-ywm ṣyr gdr hr(b) k-Nkrḥ w-mlk Mʿn w-Mʿn w-[... ...]
6 [... ... ]w-ʾṭbnw-s¹m ʾs¹d (n)[... ...]t byth ʿṯtr[ ḏ-]Qbḍ l-ḥgn ḏ-tnʿm mzfn ʾbn w-kltny r[..] bnm dtn rtʿ w-s¹nḥy [... ...]
7 [... ... ḏ-](Qbḍm) [w-](ʾ)s¹mʿh-(s¹)m w-[ʾbydʿ] (Y)ṯʿ w-Wqhʾl [Ry]m m[... ...]
8 [... ... Y](ṯl) ʾhl ngw ḏn s¹ṭr[n] w[... ...] (k) ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm [... ...]
9 [... ... ʿṯtr ](ḏ)-(Qbḍm) [... ... ʿṯ](tr)( ḏ)-Yhrq ʾḏbḥm b-ʾḥḍrh-s¹(m) [b-]ʿṯtr S²rqn w-b ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-W[dm ... ...]
10 [ʾby]dʿ Yṯʿ [w-Wqhʾl Ry]m w-b-s²ʿbh-s¹m Mʿnm w-ḏ-Yṯl w-b ʿm-s¹m Mʿdkrb Rydn w-rṯd Whbʾl w-b[... ...]
11 [... ... ʿ]ṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-(Wd)m [w-](Nkrḥ)m w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq w-ḏt Ns²qm w-kl (ʾl)ʾlt (Mʿ)nm w-Yṯl w-mlk Mʿnm w-s²ʿb-s¹m
| 6 | In B-M 10:ʾs¹d ngw ṣlwt. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and ʿmydʿ and ʿmkrb sons of Ḥmʿṯt of Yfʿn fathers of [... ...] sons of Mʿdkrb son of ʾlyfʿ Yṯʿ king of Maʿīn dedicated [... ...] 2 [... ...] in wood, and its back wall in stone from the middle of the town, and all its wood and its cut stone [... ...] from foundation to top, and the dedication and the construction of the tower ḏ-Mlḥ were from [... ... ] 3 [... ...] and he raised on the wall of the town of Qrnw two curtains and two [... ...] in limestone, wood and cut stone, and when he constructed and fortified on the wall of the town of Yṯl the gate 4 [... ...] Tbs²m and S²bmt, and the tower Yġl, and when he constructed in the town [... ...] Yfʿn and Hrn, and their lower storeys (perimeter walls?), and when he constructed in Yṯl their houses of the holy festival (or, their temples of the holy festival?) [... ...] 5 [... ...] excavated and dug their wells in Yṯl, because [... ...] and ?, and when he brought into cultivation the enclosed land of ? for Nkrḥ and the king of Maʿīn and Maʿīn and[... ...] 6 [... ...] and their owners, the men who [... ...] of the temple of ʿṯtr [ḏ-]Qbḍm [... ...] 7 [... ... ḏ-]Qbḍm [and] their witnesses and [... ...] Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl [... ...] 8 [... ...] the clan to whom he notified this inscription and [... ...] for ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm [... ...] 9 [... ...] ḏ-Qbḍm [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq sacrifices during their festivals, by ʿṯtr S²rqn and by ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm [... ...] 10 [... ...] Yṯʿ [... ...] and by their tribe Maʿīn and ḏ-Yṯl, and by their uncle Mʿdkrb Rydn, and Whbʾl committed to and [... ...] 11 [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm, ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and ḏt Ns²qm and all the gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl and the king of Maʿīn and their tribe. |
| 6 | "... the men who have notified (the construction of) the façade (cella?) ..." according to B-M's reading. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fontaine and Arbach 2006: 77, fig. 31 | Fontaine, Hugues and Arbach, Mounir 2006. Yémen. Cités d'écritures. Manosque: Le bec en l'air éditions. |