Mikyāsh - al-Zubaydī 2008
By kind permission of ʿA. Mikyāsh, K. al-Zubaydī
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 | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Whbʾl w-Ġwṯʾl bnw Ḏ—
2 rʾ Ḥm s¹qnyw ʾl-s¹my w-
3 mrʾ-s¹my Bs²mm bʿl Ḫrf w-(N)—
4 ʿlm ʿd mḥrm-s¹ Ḫrf b-Ḥlzw—
5 m ṣlm ḏhbn ḥg tkrb-s¹ |
6 b-qdmw ḏn ywmn rṯdw |
7 Whbʾl w-Ġwṯʾl Bs²mm w-ʾ—
8 lh-s¹ww ʾʾḏn-s¹my w-mqwm-
9 s¹my w-bny-s¹my Zydʾl w-ʾlz—
10 ʾd w-kl ḏm qnyw w-ḏm l-s¹m |
11 [ʿ]ynm nʿm w-ṣlm-s¹my bn ms¹nk—
12 rm w-ms¹fʾym b-Bs²mm w-mn(ḍ)—
13 ḥ-s¹my ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḥrm w-
14 ḏt Bs³rm w-ʾlhw |
15 Ḥlzwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Whbʾl and Ġwṯʾl descendants of 2 Ḏrʾ Ḥm dedicated to their god and 3 their lord Bashamum, master of Ḫrf and 4 Nʿlm in His sanctuary Ḫrf at Ḥalzaw 5 the bronze statue, in respect of what they petitioned Him for 6 before this day; Whbʾl and Ġwṯʾl 7 committed to Bashamum and His 8 gods their wills, their 9 material resources and their two sons Zydʾl and 10 ʾlzʾd, and all that they possess and that may be a good 11 omen for them, and their statue, against whoever 12 may damage and remove (it); by Bashamum and their tutelary 13 deities ʿAthtar ḏ-Ḥrm and 14 ḏt Bs³rm and the gods of 15 Ḥalzaw. |
| 7-8 | ʾlh-s¹ww: "it is uncertain whether the suffix pronoun refers here to the god or to his sanctuary, since examples of both can be found in the inscriptions" (Prioletta 2013: 114, n. 30). |
| 10-11 | w-ḏ-m l-s¹m [ʿ]ynm nʿm: "this curious expression also appears in the other dedicatory text from Ḥalzaw CSAI II,14 = RES 4336/5" (Prioletta 2013:114, n. 31). |
| Prioletta 2013: 113-114 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. The town of Ḥalzaw (Ḥlzwm) between Qatabān, Radmān and Ḥimyar: an essay on political, religious and linguistic history. Semitica et Classica, 6: 109-130. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 88, w. 25, th. 19 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Lajiya / Hajar Warrāṣ |
| Ancient site | Ḥlzwm |
| Geographical area | Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Ḫrf of Bs²mm bʿl Ḫrf w-Nʿlm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
"The inscription Makyāsh - al-Zubaydī 2008 can in all likelihood be considered one of the last documents testifying to the influence of Qatabān [on wādī Lajiya], probably due to their direct presence at least [...] around the first quarter of the second half of the 1st millennium BC" (Prioletta 2013: 114).
ḏt Bs³rm: "This is the first known citation of this minor deity" (Prioletta 2013: 114, n. 32).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mikyāsh and Zubaydī 2008: 67-88, photo and facsimile | Mikyāsh, ʿAbdallāh and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2008. Naqš Qatabānī jadīd min wādī Marḫa. Journal of the Faculty of Arts, University of Aden, 5: 67-88. |
| Prioletta 2013: 113-114, fig. 5 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. The town of Ḥalzaw (Ḥlzwm) between Qatabān, Radmān and Ḥimyar: an essay on political, religious and linguistic history. Semitica et Classica, 6: 109-130. |