as-Saqqāf 1 CSAI III, 1
al-Saqqāf, Ḥamūd M. 1994: 111-120, photos
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 15 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 (Ḏ)krʾ(l) Lḥ[yn]
2 (b)n ʿmkr(b)
3 mkrb-ʾws¹(n)
4 [ʾ]b Mrtʿm
5 w-ʾbyṯʿ
6 (ẓ)rb Rḥbn
7 b-ʿṯtr w-Blw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏkrʾl Lḥyn 2 son of ʿmkrb 3 mukarrib of Awsan 4 father of Mrtʿm 5 and ʾbyṯʿ 6 built (so to gain legal possession) Rḥbn 7 by ʿṯtr and Blw. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 539 | 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 |
| Measures | h. 304, w. 83 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Niṣāb (Surroundings) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī ʿAbadān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This is a basic document of the former splendour of the kingdom of Awsan. With its archaic palaeographic style it demonstrates that perhaps the first south Arabian king to take the title of mukarrib was a king of Awsan, and it confirms how mighty this kingdom was at the beginning of the first millennium BC.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Saqqāf, Ḥamūd M. 1994: 111-120, photos | al-Saqqāf, Ḥamūd M. 1994. Awwal naqš yaḏkuru mukarrib Awsān. Raydān, 6: 111-120. [Arabic section] |