RES 4107 Ghul-YU 21
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| It is not easy to define precisely the century of this text, even though some palaeographic feature (type of relief) and textual reasons (especially the use of the title mqtwy) might exclude a very late dating (6th century). |
TEXT
1 ʾys¹n (ʾ)[...]ʿ mqtwy m[lkn]
2 br(ʾ) w-ṯwb(n) bt-hw ḏ-Gd—
3 (n)m bn mwṯr-hw ʿdy mrymn (b)-
4 [rdʾ ]ʾln bʿl s¹myn w-ʾrḍ(n |)
| 1 | ʾys¹n is attested as proper name in CIH 857. The second name can be probably read ʾbydʿ (see Hayajneh). |
| 2 | See CIH 6,3 for bt instead of byt. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾys¹n ʾ[...]ʿ mqtwy of the king 2 constructed and completed his house ḏ-Gd- 3 nm from its foundation to top, by 4 the help of ʾln, the Lord of the heaven and of the earth. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1617=AM 60.1293 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 40, th. 15.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house ḏ-Gdnm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Hayajneh 2001: 242, fig. 8 | Hayajneh, Hani 2001. Anmerkungen zu einigen altsüdarabischen Inschriften anhand von Abklatschen aus dem Nachlass Mahmud al-Ghul. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 12/2: 236-248. |