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A-20-207
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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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| See A-20-212 for a similar palaeographic style. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]dn w-Grm((Wgrm)) ḏ-ṯny ʿs²rh Nkrḥm w-Ḏhbn w-ʿ(m)[... ...]
2 [... ... b](n) ʾs²rs¹ ʿd s²qrn b-frʿ frʿ w-ʿs²r Zyd[n ... ...]
3 [... ...y](w)m ʿrb S¹ʿdʾl w-Zydn w-Whblt mṯʿy [... ...]
4 [... ... ʿṯtr ḏ-Qb]ḍm w-Wdm w-Nkrḥm w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq w-ʿṯ[r Yhrq ... ...]
| 1 | dn is probably the end of Zydn. We prefer the reading w-Grm since Grm, contrary to Wrgm, is attested in Minaic as proper name. See M 242: 1 for the expression ḏ-ṯny ʿs²r(h) |
| 4 | the integration is based on the formulary typical of the texts from Baraqish. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and Grm, the one of the Twelve of Nkrḥ, and Ḏhbn and ʿm[... ...] 2 [... ...] from foundations to the top, from the first-fruits that he offered and the tithe of Zyd[n ... ...] 3 [... ...] when S¹ʿdʾl and Zydn and Whblt offered the offers [... ...] 4 [... ...ʿṯtr ḏ-Qb]ḍm and Wdm and Nkrḥm and ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq and ʿṯ[r Yhrq ... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-207 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 27.5, w. 76, th. 19 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription, said in the museum catalogue to come generically from al-Jawf, must in fact have origin from Baraqish, according to the formulary at l.4. |
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