CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer and Lundin 1998: fig. 254

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 typologyConstruction text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ](b)ny Whbʾl w-bhn-s¹m bhny S¹ʿ(dm) [... ...]
   2  [... ...]ytn (ḏ)ty s³nn Yṯl w-s³nn Mʿn qdm w-(m)[ʿḏr ... ...]
   3  [... ...]ʾhl Rwyn s³lʾ-s¹m w-s¹ṭr-s¹m ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿṯt[r ... ...]
   4  [... ... w-m](s³)r w-s¹fʾy bn mqmh-s¹m ymt (ʾ)rḍm b-ywm ʾl(y)[fʿ] |

Apparatus
The text on the photograph is not clear. The editors' reading was followed. They suggest some more integrations in the lacunae.
1The editors read S¹ʿ(dm )[... ...].

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
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 122-123, fig. 254Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]