ATM 863
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 90, fig. 7 (left)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʿhlm w-ʿṯdm b[n]—
2 w Bʿgm w-Ḫtynm
3 w-Hbʾ s¹ʿs²qw w-b—
4 rʾ w-s¹qḥ w-s¹ḥ—
5 dṯ l-mrʾt-s¹my
6 ḏt Ḥmym ʿṯt[r]
7 Bs³rm mḥrm-s¹ (b)-(m)—
8 [...](ḥl) [.](h)[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿhlm and ʿṯdm descendants of 2 Bʿgm, Ḫtynm 3 and Hbʾ cut, 4 constructed and completed 5 for their lady 6 ḏt Ḥmym mistress of 7 Bs³rm Her temple in the 8 [......] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 863 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 37, w. 18.5, th. 7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The mention of the families Bʿgm and Ḫtynm implies an origin from the site of Ḥalzaw (Ḥlzwm) rather than Ḥinū az-Zurayr. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The author of the text also commissioned the inscription WWM-Balu 1. In that text, he is qayl of the tribes ḏ-Ḥlzwm (=Ḥalzaw) w-Tlgg.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 55-56, fig. 90 (7 A-B) | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |