CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

Ja 1816-Ja 1819 are connected to each other. ʾltbʿ ʾls²r is the author of Ja 1816, Ja 1818, Ja 1819 and is quoted in Ja 1817, 5.
Without readable photos the period is hypothetical.

TEXT


   1  ʾltbʿ ʾls²r bn Mrṯdʾln ʾs²wʿ bny Hṣb—
   2  ḥ w-Yʿlf w-Yqʾmwt brʾw w-hwṯrn m—
   3  ʾgly-hmw Ylgb w-mʾgl-hmw ḏ-tḥt-hw Yhlgb

Apparatus
1ʾls²r: H. von Wissmann reads ʾgs²r.
3Yʿlf: H. von Wissmann reads Yʿgf.

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  ʾIltabaʿ ʾIlšûr, fils de Marṯadʾilân ʾAšwaʿ, les deux descendants de Haṣb-
   2  aḥ et ʿYalif et Yaqiʾmawt, ont construit et fondé
   3  leurs deux réservoirs Yalgab et leur réservoir, qui [est] sous lui, Yuhalgab.
Jamme 1971 b: 83Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Wall
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Ghunaymiyya
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaWādī Shirjān
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Cistern Ylgb, Yhlgb
NotesThe text is engraved on a large stone of the wall connecting two sections of the mountain.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1971 b: 83-84Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Wissmann 1968: 79Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
al-Ghūl 1959 b: 427al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438.