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M 237 RES 3013; B-M 12
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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TEXT
1 [... ... ](w)-(ʾ)ṭbnw-s¹m ʾ(s¹)d ngw ṣlwt b±yth ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ l-ḥgn ḏt [... ...]
2 [... ... ʾbydʿ Y]ṯʿ w-Wqhʾl Rym mlky Mʿn w-±ms³wd[ M]ʿnm b-ms³wdh mnʿn s²[... ...]
3 [... ... ʾ]ḏbḥm b-ʾḥḍrm w-ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-±Yhrq [ʾḏ]bḥm b-ʾḥḍrh-s¹ b-ʿṯ[tr ... ...]
| 1 | M 237 reads ḏtnʿm. |
| 2 | at the end of the line, M 237 reads b-ms³wd. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and their owners, who notified the document for the temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, as [... ...] 2 [... ...] ʾbydʿ Yṯʿ and Wqhʾl Rym kings of Maʿīn and the assembly of [Ma]ʿīn, in the Great Assembly .[... ...] 3 [... ...] sacrifices during the festivals, and he sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq victims during His festivals, by ʿṯtr [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
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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 |