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"de Maigret and Robin 1993: fig. 18 By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)"

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"Arbach and Audouin 2007: 66"

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Translations:

1[... ...] and his sons, sons of Bs¹l ḏ-Mʿs¹ [... ...] 
2[... ...] dedicated and built on the walls of the town of Yṯl [... ...] 
3[.. ] their houses Yʿd and Ṣdqn in this very town [... ...] 
4[...] Wqhʾl Rym king of Maʿīn; and H[... ...] committed 
5[....] (?) to ʿṯtr S²rqn, to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ, to Wd, to Nkrḥ 
6and to the tribal gods, all these of (bound by) the god and the patron, the pact and the alliance, 
7against anyone who may remove and damage their inscriptions [... ...]

Translation Notes:

5[....]son enceinte (?) (Robin).

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure
Materials: Stone
Letter Measure: 5.5

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: YM 26117

Spatial

Site: Barāqish, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Yṯl
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 26117

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