ATM 877 A+B
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (A)
- Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (A)
- Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (B)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is a fragment belonging to Arbach-Sayūn 1. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ..]ṭ[... ... ...] w-s¹±r [... ...]
2 [... ...]r bn Ḥḍrmwt ± b-M(ṯkt) [... ...]
3 [... ...] w-mtʿ w-ns³s³ w-ṣry ± ws¹ṭ [... ...]
4 [... ...] w-s¹lm mrʾ-s¹m Ydʿ±ʾb (Ġyln) (w)-(yhgw) (w)-(w)[... ...]
5 [... ...]rw w-bʿw w-wḍʿ h±grn S²bm w-(s¹)nṭʿ ws¹ṭ-(n) [... ...]
| 2 | Uncertain reading. |
| 4 | Uncertain reading. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] from Ḥaḍramawt in Mṯkt [... ...] 3 [... ...] and saved and protected (?) and gave favourable oracular decision in the middle of [... ...] 4 [... ...] and Ydʿʾb Ġyln sued for peace, but they waged war and [... ...] 5 [... ...] and assaulted and humiliated the city of Shibām and raised an insurrection in the middle of [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 877 A |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 20, w. 16 |
| 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: 76-77, pl. 21 | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |