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M 240 RES 3016; B-M 265


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

According to Wissmann, M 241 and M 240 are part of the same inscription.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] (w)-(y)wm qnyw w-brl w-qyḍ byt-s¹m Mḥḍr b-hgrn Yṯ(l)[ ... ...]
   2  [... ... b-y]wmh Yṯʿʾl Ṣdq w-bn-s¹ Wqhʾl Yṯʿ mlky Mʿnm

Apparatus
1M 240 reads brg; correction by Arbach.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and when they came into possession and acquired and purchased their house Mḥḍr in the town of Yṯl [... ...]
   2  [... ...] at the time of Yṯʿʾl Ṣdq and his son Wqhʾl Yṯʿ, kings of Maʿīn.

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

Wissmann 1976 a: 412Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus. Pages 308–544 in Hildegard Temporini (ed.). Politische Geschichte. (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und der Ferne Osten). Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds), Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. 9/1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter / New York: Walter de Gruyter.