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M 246 RES 3021; B-M 272
Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: pl 53/b,c
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 | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Like other inscriptions on the walls of Baraqish, this one cannot be defined merely as a construction text: the verbs bny and s¹ḥdṯ are in coordination with the dedicatory verb s³lʾ. |
TEXT
1 Zydʾl w-Zyd w-ʾws¹ bny ʾlḏrʾ ḏ-S²ʿṯm bny w-s³lʾ w-(s¹)ḥdṯ k-ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm w-Wdm w-(Nk)[rḥm ]w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Y(h)[rq ... ... ](hg)rn Y(ṯl)( kl) mbny tẓwr [ ... ... ]mḥf(dn)[.... ]ṯnyt mḥfd(t) [... ...]—
2 rʾn w-Rḍwn w-Rbqn w-Ẓbyn w-Lbʾn w-Rbqn w-(Ẓ)rbn w-ṣḥftn Ḫrs² w-ṣḥft bny ḏ-Ḫṣbr b-frʿ frʿ [..]-s¹m [..]ḏrʾ k-ʿ(ṯt)r ḏ-Qbḍ (w)-(yʾ)tmr w-s¹trḍw ʿ(ṯt)r ḏ-Qbḍ [.... ]rʿn mbny w-tẓwr ṣḥfty w-mḥfd(t) [... ...]—
3 ʿn ṣrḥt m(ḫtnn ḏ)-(S¹)ʿntn w-kl ʾzlt w-ʿḏbhty ʾw(s¹ṭh)-s¹ ḏ-bny ḏ-S²ʿṯm w-Ygr w-ywm whb (Zy)[dʾl m]ṯʿy Wd(m) [w-]rḍw-s¹ fnwtm w-ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ [... ...]h-s¹ w-ywm ḏbḥ (ʿṯtr)( ḏ)-(Qbḍ) [... ... Nk]—
4 rḥm w-(b) ʿṯtr ḏ-(Yh)rq (w)-(b)-(kl) ʾlʾlt Mʿnm (w)-(Yṯl)( w)-rṯd ʾhl S²ʿṯm s³lʾ-s¹m w-ʾs¹ṭr-s¹m ʿṯtr [ḏ]-(Qb)[ḍ] (w)-Wdm w-Nkrḥm w-ʿ(ṯt)r ḏ-Yhrq w-[ ... ... ]ms³r-s¹ w-s¹nkr[... ... ʾlyfʿ]
5 Ys²r w-bn-s¹ Ḥfnm Rym mlky Mʿnm |
| 2 | probably [ʾl]ḏrʾ. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Zydʾl, Zyd and ʾws¹, sons of ʾlḏrʾ of S²ʿṯm, constructed, dedicated and restored for ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍm, Wdm, Nkrḥm and ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq [... ...] the town of Yṯl, all the construction of the wall [... ...] the tower [... ...] the towers [... ...] 2 Rḍwn, Rbqn, Ẓbyn, Lbʾn, Rqbn and Ẓrbn and the curtain Ḫrs² and the curtain that constructed ḏ-Ḫṣbr with the tribute they had to pay [... ...] for ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, and ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ agreed and obtained satisfaction [... ...] the construction and the wall of the two curtains and the towers [... ...] 3 the upper part (?) of the residence ḏ-S¹ʿntn and all the outside staircases (?) and the repairs of its inner parts (of the residence) that constructed ḏ-S²ʿṯm and Ygr; and when Zydʾl offered an offering to Wdm, and satisfied him openly, and when he sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ [... ...] and when he sacrificed to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ [... ...] 4 Nkrḥm, and by ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and by all the gods of Maʿīn and Yṯl, and the people of S²ʿṯm committed their dedication and their inscriptions to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, Wdm, Nkrḥm and ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and [... ... against anyone who would] remove it and damage [... ...] ʾlyfʿ Ys²r and his son Ḥfnm Rym, the two kings of Maʿīn. |
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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: 134, pl. 53/b,c | Müller, Walter W. 1982. Bemerkungen zu einigen von der Yemen-Expedition 1977 des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts aufgenommenen Inschriften aus dem Raum Mārib und Barāqiš. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 129-134. |