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Y.90.B.A 7


de Maigret and Robin 1993: 457, phot. 13
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Bs¹l bn[ Mʿs¹] ḏ-S²ʿṯm s³lʾ Nkrḥm
   2  mṣrbn(yhn )(Ḫ)rf w-Dṯʾ w-kl twṯ—
   3  b-s¹mn [...]ny bḥrnyhn ywm |
   4  s¹yfʿ B[s¹l k-N]krḥ w-Mʿn mnql
   5  ʾhwr ḏ-nql bn-s¹ (w)-[... ...] b-ws¹ṭ
   6  w-qd(m) ḏn mbnyn b-rdʾt ʿṯtr ḏ-
   7  Qbḍ w-Wd w-Nkrḥ( w)-(ʿṯ)[tr ḏ-Y]hrq |

Apparatus
1for Mʿs¹ as a name of group, see Y.90.B.A 18, Y.92.B.A 5 and Y.92.B.A 32.
3(w-mb)ny (Robin).
5[w-qwm-s¹m] (Robin).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Bs¹l son of Mʿs¹ ḏ-S²ʿṯm dedicated to Nkrḥm
   2  the two offering tables Autumn and Spring, all their benches
   3  and [... ...] of (?), when
   4  Bs¹l took responsibility, for Nkrḥ and for Maʿīn, for the excavation
   5  of the pillars that he excavated at his expenses and [... ...] inside
   6  and in front of this building, with the assistance of ʿṯtr ḏ-
   7  Qbḍ, of Wd, of Nkrḥ and of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq.
3"et le ... des deux bassins (?)" (Robin).
4-5"du transport des piliers qu'il a transportés à ses frais et [a dressés] à l'intérieur" (Robin).
de Maigret and Robin 1993de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1993. Le temple de Nakraḥ à Yathill (aujourd'hui Barāqish), Yémen, résultats des deux premières campagnes de fouilles de la mission italienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 427-496.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Nkrḥ
NotesThe object was found during the excavation of the temple.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

de Maigret and Robin 1993: 480-481, fig. 13de Maigret, Alessandro and Robin, Christian J. 1993. Le temple de Nakraḥ à Yathill (aujourd'hui Barāqish), Yémen, résultats des deux premières campagnes de fouilles de la mission italienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 427-496.