CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Ja 1096 RES 4332; Q 179; CSAI II, 4; Im-ʿAdiya 1


al-ʿĀdiyya, inscription
(c) Schiettecatte - CNRS

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  Lḥyʿt bn (Ṣ)wbn Yʿb brʾ w-s¹wṯr w-s¹qḥ mrs³ʿt w-mwṯr byt-s¹ S²—
   2  bʿn b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b-ḏt Ḥmym ʿṯtr Yġl w-b ʾḫy-hw w-ʾl—
   3  wd-hw

Apparatus
1The reading Lḥyʿt given by the first editors of the inscription must be retained (contrary to Jamme 1972: Lḥyʿm). The final letter t is clear on the photograph by J. Schiettecatte.
The reading Ẓwbn, instead of Ṣwbn as in the previous editions, was suggested by Jamme 1972. The signs on the photograph are ambiguous. However, Ṣwbn should be preferred, as this lineage name is already attested in the same area (cf. the Southern Middle Sabaic text MQ-al-Ḥāt 1).

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  Lḥyʿt he of Ṣwbn Yʿb constructed and laid the foundation and completed the construction and the foundation of his house S²-
   2  bʿn. By ʿm and ʾnby and by ḏt Ḥmym the ithtar of Yġl and by his brothers and his
   3  children.
2The translation of "ithtar of Yġl" refers to Robin 2012: 338.
Avanzini 2004 a: 528Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa.
Robin 2012Robin, Christian J. 2012. ʿṯtr au féminin en Arabie méridionale. Pages 333-366 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. [Annexe 1: Un réexamen de CIAS (sic!) I, 206 (Ch. Robin); Annexe 2: Trois inscriptions inédites des Missions Qatabān et Haut-Yāfiʿ (Ch. Robin, M. Arbach, A. Bāṭāyaʿ, I. Gajda, Kh. al-Ḥajj, M. Sālim, J. Schiettecatte)]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 38, w. 155
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-ʿĀdiyya
Ancient siteRḥb (?)
Geographical areaal-Bayḍāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house S²bʿn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1961: photoHöfner, Maria 1961. Eine qatabanische Weihinschrift aus Timnaʿ. Le Muséon, 74: 453-459.
Jamme 1972: 10-11Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206336#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]