MAFRAY-al-Ğiḏma 1
Robin 1991: 187, fig. 23
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 ʿbdʿm Yhrs¹ bn Ḫbzn w-Ḏ—
2 rft ʿfr l-S²ms¹-hw b-ḫmrtn
3 w-qs¹dn w-nmrn w-ʾs¹dn |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbdʿm Yhrs¹ ibn Ḫbzn and Ḏ- 2 rft stood out for his solar deity concerning the female slave, 3 the qs¹d (?), the panther and the soldier. |
| For the translation of the verb ʿfr, see MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 7 | |
| For the various interpretations of qs¹d (Robin: "farmier"; Bron: "priest"), see Stein 2003 a: 117, fn. 535. |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Qāniya |
| Ancient site | Qnʾtm |
| Geographical area | Radmān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | The inscription is engraved on the same rock as the Qāniya hymn. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 1988: 606, photo | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1988. al-Mustašriqūn wa-āṯār al-Yaman. Qiṣṣa al-mustašriq al-suwaydī al-kūnt Karlū dī Lindbirg min ḫilāl murāsalati-hi maʿa al-yamaniyyīn, 1895-1911. (2 vols), Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-Dirāsāt wa-l-Buḥūth al-Yamanī. |
| Robin 1991: 187, fig. 23 | 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. |