CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 189, fig. 4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  Rʾbʿm w-bn-s¹ Ṯwb bnw [...]mw [... ... ṣlm]—
   2  m ḏhbm ḥg-s²ft-s¹m Rʾbʿm b-ḥyw-s¹[... ...]
   3  [...] w-ʾwld-s¹m rṯd Ṯwb ʾḏn-s¹ w-[... ...]
   4  [.. ʿm] ḏ-Rymtm w-b-ḏt R(ḥbn) (w)-(b) [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rʾbʿm and his son Ṯwb of the family [...]mw [......] a statue
   2  in bronze as Rʾbʿm had promised to Them for (his?) life [......]
   3  and all their children; Ṯwb committed his faculties and [......]
   4  .. ʿm ḏ-Rymtm, ḏt Rḥbn, and by [......]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 860
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 24, w. 38, th. 17
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤinū az-Zurayr
Ancient siteHrbt
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context
NotesPossibly from the temple of Rwyn (cf. ATM 859).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 53-54, fig. 89 (4)Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103.