ATM 868
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 92, fig. 12
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʿmydʿ bn ʿmḏḫr bn
2 Ṣfydn bny w-s¹ḥdṯ kl
3 mbny w-ʿs²<q> byt-s¹ww B—
4 tʿ w-Ṯmr w-ʾḫṭb-s¹my (w)-
5 ṣrḥty-s¹my w-nfs¹hy-s¹my
6 (g)lm (b)rlm b-ḥg ʾnby b-ʿm
7 w-b ʾnby w-b ḏt Rḥbn
| 6 | the reading at the beginning of the line is hypothetical. For the reading brlm, instead of brgm proposed by the editors, cf. the other occurrences of the word and the discussion in Mazzini 2011: 130-131. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmydʿ son of ʿmḏḫr descendant of 2 Ṣfydn, built and restored the whole 3 construction and the cutting (of stones) of their houses B- 4 tʿ and Ṯmr and their lower rooms, 5 their upper rooms and their inner rooms 6 in its entirety, as acquired property (?), according to the orders of ʾnby; by ʿm 7 and ʾnby and ḏt Rḥbn. |
| Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 68 | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 868 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 36 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 67-68, fig. 92 (12) | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |
| Mazzini 2011: 130-131 | Mazzini, Giovanni 2011. Osservazioni epigrafiche, filologiche e comparative su alcuni testi legali sabei al British Museum. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 34: 129-147. |