ATM 873
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 94, fig. 14
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʿmʾl w-ʿṣyt w-ʾbrtʿ
2 ḏtw Mʿhr Rt s²ʾmw w-qn—
3 y w-ẓrb w-bʿl w-bny w-ʿs¹—
4 y ʾbyt-s¹m Yʿd w-ʿdn w-ʿ—
5 dn b-hgrn Hrbt w-ṣrḥty-
6 s¹m w-ʾḫṭb-s¹m w-ms²qṣ-s¹m k—
7 [... ...] (w)-(ʾl tʿly b)-(ḥg)
8 [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmʾl, ʿṣyt and ʾbrtʿ 2 of the family Mʿhr Rt purchased, acquired, 3 gained legal possession, owned, built and restored 4 their houses Yʿd, ʿdn and ʿdn 5 in the town of Hrbt, and their upper rooms, 6 their lower rooms and their small room (?) 7 [... ...] and let there be no violation thereof, according to the orders of 8 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 873 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 45, w. 35, th. 9.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 72-73, fig. 94 (17) | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |