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Y.92.B.A 29
Gnoli 1996: 1150, fig. 1
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
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 | Expiation text |
TEXT
1 (kl) (ʾhl) ʿ[.. nt]—
2 ḫy w-ntḏr k-Nk(r)[ḥ]
3 s²ym(h)-s¹m b-ḏt ḫṭ[ʾ]
4 qdmhn (b)n-s¹m ḏt [s²]—
5 ʿr w-b-hn ys²[.]n(ʾ) [b]—
6 (y)nht-s¹m w-ḥtn(ṯ) [w-]
7 (ʿ)yn ʾns¹ ʾḥly ʾ(ḫ)[ḏ]
8 w-kwn ḏn nḫynn [b-]
9 (ʾ)mrh w-mrḍw(h)[y]
10 [N]krḥ b-ms¹ʾl (b)-
11 [g](wbn)
| 2, 3, 7 | Reversed letters ḫ. |
| 1 | Gnoli reads (kll). |
| 5 | ys²tn(ʾ) (Gnoli). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 All the clan ... confessed 2 and did penance to Nkrḥ, 3 their patron, regarding the fact that they were guilty, 4 the first ones of them, of what they were 5 conscious of; and because they were enemies between 6 themselves and they were perjury and 7 they saw men seizing someone else's properties. 8 And this confession took place by 9 the command and with the approvals of 10 Nkrḥ, in an oracular response in 11 the gwb. |
| This translation follows Gnoli's one, apart from l.3: "giacchè avevano espiato" (Gnoli 1996). |
| Gnoli 1996 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1996. Una nuova iscrizione minea di Barāqish sulla confessione dei peccati. Pages 1145-1159 in Enrico Acquaro (ed.). Alle soglie della classicità. Il Mediterraneo tra tradizione e innovazione. Studi in onore di Sabatino Moscati. Pisa: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 37, w. 22, th. 8.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nkrḥ |
| Notes | The object was found during the excavations in the temple. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This inscription is a collective penitential text to the god Nkrḥ. The sins committed are generically expressed, but they probably dealt with some kind of perjury and enmity among the individuals of the group.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Gnoli 1996: 1145-1159, fig. 1 | Gnoli, Gherardo 1996. Una nuova iscrizione minea di Barāqish sulla confessione dei peccati. Pages 1145-1159 in Enrico Acquaro (ed.). Alle soglie della classicità. Il Mediterraneo tra tradizione e innovazione. Studi in onore di Sabatino Moscati. Pisa: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali. |