Ry 390 RES 3534; Q 856; CSAI I, 33
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 101 (facsimile)/pl.I (photo)
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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
| See the text RES 3550=CSAI I, 21, where the king himself Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn commemorates the construction of the pass of Mblqt, the temple of Wdm and ʾṯrt and the king's residence. |
TEXT
1 ʾws¹ʿm bn Yṣrʿm bn (M)dhm nṣf Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn bn
2 S²hr mlk Qtbn tqdm w-s¹hlk kl ʿs²q w-wzl w-ṣll
3 mnqln Mblqt w-kl mhlk w-ḥdṯn byt Wdm w-ʾṯrt
4 w-mḫtn mlkn b-Qly b-tḥrg mrʾ-s¹ Ydʿʾb
| 3 | ḥdṯn is probably a form fʿln. |
| 4 | mḫtn too is probably a form fʿln. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾws¹ʿm, son of Yṣrʿm, of the family Mdhm, servant of Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn, son 2 of S²hr, king of Qatabān, directed and realized all the cutting (of stones) and the smoothing and the paving 3 of the pass of Mablaqa and the whole realization and consecration of the temple of Wdm and ʾṯrt 4 and of the king's shelter in Qly, at the command of his Lord Ydʿʾb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 24, w. 96 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAqabat Mablaqa |
| Ancient site | Mblqt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 77-78, pl. I (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Huitième série. Le Muséon, 62: 55-124. |