MuB 659 CSAI I, 17
Bāfaqīh 1994 a: fig. 23
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is palaeographically shabby - which is a features of texts coming from outlying districts - and shows certain characters of period D. However, the presence of the form mbny is a clear pointer for dating the text at period B. |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿm bn M—
2 qnʿm bn Ṯgr
3 (ḫ)dm tḥrg{g}w
4 w-mbny ḫlfn Y—
5 s²bm w-gnʾ s²d—
6 wn ʾbltm r—
7 dʾ ʾrb(ʿ)n k—
8 s³wtn ḏty |
9 s²ʾm w-ymn ḫ—
10 lfn Ys²bm b-
11 [m](r)ʾ-s¹ Ydʿʾ[b]
| 3 | CSAI: [q]dm. |
| 3 | "À la ligne 3, le rāʾ de tḥrgww surcharge un jīm" (Robin 2013: 123). |
| 4 | w-mbny is the reading accepted by all the previous editors, but we can read l-mbny. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿm son of M- 2 qnʿm of the family Ṯgr 3 directed the executions 4 and the construction of the gate Y- 5 s²bm and of the wall of the cita- 6 del of ʾbltm; he 7 contributed by means of four 8 slabs the ones of the 9 left and the right side of the ga- 10 te Ys²bm; by 11 his lord Ydʿʾb. |
| 6-10 | "il a fait don des quatre ks³wt (unité de surface) au nord et au sud (ou: à droite et à gauche) de la porte" (Robin 2013: 124). |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 659 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 36, w. 16, th. 7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | The inscription was probably inserted in the same architectural structure mentioned in the text. If so, it comes from Luḫayḍar, modern name of the ancient ʾbltm (see RES 3551=CSAI I, 150). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 1994 a: 6-9, 23, photo | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt. Raydān, 6: 6-26. [Arabic section] |
| Bron 1997: 92-94 | Bron, François 1997. Notes d'épigraphie sudarabiques. II. Semitica, 47: 89-96. |
| Robin 2013: 123-124, fig. 1 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |