BR-Ḥaṣī 10 CSAI II, 11; BaRo 1
Bāfaqīh and Robin 1979 b: 13, pl.1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | about 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text has been classified as a dedicatory inscription because the verb hʿs²qw means "to do for the god", then "to offer". |
TEXT
1 Ms²ʿrm w-Ḥẓyn ḏw
2 Hṣbḥ w-Qyln Ml hʿ—
3 s²qw l-ʾl-s¹my w-mrʾ-s¹m—
4 y ʿm ḏ-ʿḏbtm bʿl N—
5 ʿmn bḥtn l-wfy-s¹my
6 w-wfy bkl-s¹my w-ʾby—
7 t-s¹my w-kl ḏ-qnyw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ms²ʿrm and Ḥẓyn those of 2 Hṣbḥ and Qyln Ml made an offering 3 to their god and their lord 4 ʿm ḏ-ʿḏbtm lord of N- 5 ʿmn of a slab for their safety 6 and the safety of their dependents and their houses 7 and of all what they possessed. |
| 5 | The word bḥtn is translated as "votive object" by Avanzini. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 521 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 1689 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 25, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥaṣī |
| Ancient site | Ḥ[ṣy] / Ḥ[ṣym] |
| Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿm ḏ-ʿḏbtm bʿl Nʿmn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
For the historical and cultural context, see Robin 2005-2006 a: 31-110.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh and Robin 1979 b: 11-23, photo | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Robin, Christian J. 1979. Naqš Asbahī min Ḫaṣī. Raydān, 2: 11-23. [Arabic section] |
| Avanzini 2004 a | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
| Robin 2005-2006 a | Robin, Christian J. 2005-2006. Les banū Haṣbaḥ, princes de la commune de Maḍḥām. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 31-110. |