BaBa al-Ḥadd 2 CSAI II, 2
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 76, pl.2
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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 | 7.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln qyl
2 Rdmn w-Ḫwln bn Mʿdkrb Yhmgd qyl
3 Rdmn w-Ḫwln s¹ʿs²q w-s¹qs²b w-s¹qḥ mʾḫḏ—
4 t-s¹ Tʿwd l-s²wft (b)r(k)[..]w b-rdʾ
5 ʿm w-b-ḫyl s²ʿb-s¹ Ḫwln
| 4 | it is possible to integrate brk[t-hw] or even brk[-s¹w]w |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr he of Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln qyl of 2 Rdmn and Ḫwln son of Mʿdkrb Yhmgd qyl of 3 Rdmn and Ḫwln cut, constructed and completed his reservoir 4 Tʿwd in order to protect the cistern through the help of 5 ʿm and the power of his tribe Ḫwln. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 516 | 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
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd al-ʿAyn |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadd |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʿr is the qayl of Radmān, father of Wtrm Yrtʿ, and is set at the last quarter of the first century AD (see MAFRAY-ḏī-Ḥadīd 1, Robin 1991: 180-182).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 63-64, pl. 2 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1988. Nuqūš min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 5: 61-80. [Arabic section] |
| Robin 1991 | Robin, Christian J. 1991. ʿAmdān Bayyin Yuhaqbid, roi de Sabaʾ et de dū-Raydān. Pages 167-205 in Études sud-arabes. Recueil offert à Jacques Ryckmans. (Publications de l'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, 39). Louvain-La-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste. |