Pi. Ḥuwaydar B CSAI I, 20
Pirenne 1981: pl. XIII
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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
| For the historical comment, see Pi. Ḥuwaydar A. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] bn (Ṣ)wʿ[... ... ..]—
2 ʿʾb b-Ḍrʾ tqdm[... ... m]—
3 [lk Q](t)bn gnʾ w-m[ḥfd... ... bn s²rs¹m ʿd ]frʿ(m) w-s²y[.]—
4 [... ... b]ʾr[n] Ḏtʿt ws¹ṭ [... ...]ḍ(r)[... ...] w-bny w-s¹ḥd[ṯ]
5 [... ...n](y)hn ḏwy s¹fl ḏ(m)[ ... ...]wʿ[. ](ṯ)ql(n) ḏ[.] ṯqrn b-ʿṯt—
6 [r w-b ʿm] w-b ʾnby w-b ḏ(t) [Ṣntm w-b ](ḏ)t (Ẓ)hrn w-b Ḥwkm w-b ḏ(t)-
7 [Rḥbn w-b ]Wb ḏ-Rḍḥm w-b Blw[ ... ... ḏt Ḥ]mym ʿ(ṯ)tr Rḍḥm w-b m—
8 [rʾ-s¹m Ydʿ]ʾb Ḏbyn Y(h)[nʿm mlk Qtbn] w-b ʾ(ḫy)l [s²]ʿbn ḏ-Ḍrʾ w-ġ[br-s¹m]
| 2 | Pirenne's integration: l-mrʾ-s¹m Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhnʿm is almost sure. |
| 3 | Pirenne integrates: mḥfd hgrn ʿbr bn s²rs¹m. |
| 4 | Pirenne reads: ʿḏʾrn ḏtʿ without translation. |
| 5 | Pirenne reads: /hn/ḏwy. |
| 6-7 | it possible to read: Wb ḏ-R[ḍḥm; Pirenne reads: w-b ḏ-R[ḍḥm w-]b ḏ[..]ḥl w-b Bl[w ḏ-Rymn]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] son of Ṣwʿ [... ...]- 2 ʿʾb from Ḍrʾ directed [... ...] the king of 3 Qatabān the wall and the tower [... ...] from foundation to top [... ...] 4 [... ...] the well of Ḏtʿt in the middle of[... ...] war [... ...] and built and restored 5 [... ...] those of the lowland [... ...] by ʿṯt- 6 r and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by Ḥwkm and by ḏt 7 Rḥbn and by Wb ḏ-Rḍḥm and by Blw [... ...] and by ḏt Ḥmym, the divinity of Rḍḥm and by their lord 8 Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhnʿm king of Qatabān and through the power of the tribe ḏ-Ḍrʾ and their settlers. |
| 7 | the Robin's hypothesis that ʿṯtr, following ḏt Ḥmym, was a substantive is here accepted (see Robin 2012, 337). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥuwaydar |
| Ancient site | ʿbr |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḍura' |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: City walls |
| Notes | The inscription is now detached and placed on the ground. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1981: 228-229, pl. XIII | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1981. Deux prospections historiques au sud-Yémen. Raydān, 4: 205-248. |
| Jamme 1987: 42 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1987. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203057#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |