al-ʿĀdī 22
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2014: 124, pl. 2
al-Hajj 2014: 124, pl. 2
- al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2014: 124, pl. 2 - al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2014: 124, facsimile 1 - General view
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2014: 123, pl. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Yṯʿm qyl s²ʿbn Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm w-Mʿdkrb w-ʿmʿly w-Ḍbʿn bnw Kl—
2 bn bn Ḥyw s¹qnyw Ḥwkm w-ʾlhy bytn S²bʿn ṣlm ḏhbn bn ʿs²rm ʿs²rw l-Ḥwkm bn ʾr—
3 ḍ Ḥḍrmt ywm ḍbʾw w-s¹ʿn w-nṣr Ydʿʾb Ġyln mlk Ḥḍrmt w-ʿrb S²bwt Yṯʿm w-s²ʿb-s¹ ḏ-Mr—
4 ymtm w-hrg qrn Yhbʾr b-ws¹ṭ S²bwt b-tḥrg mrʾ-s¹m S²hr Hll w-bn-hw Hwfʿm Yhnʿm m—
5 lkw Qtbn rṯdw Ḥwkm w-ʾlhy bytn S²bʿn ʾnfs¹-s¹m w-ʾʾḏn-s¹m w-ʾqny-s¹m w-bn-s¹m Hw—
6 fʾl w-ʾḫhy-s¹m bny Ḥyw b-ʿṯtr w-b ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b Ḥwkm w-b ḏt Ṣnt—
7 m w-b ḏt Ẓhrn w-b ḏt Rḥbn w-b ḏt Ḥmym w-b mrʾy-hmy S²hr Hll w-
8 bn-hw Hwfʿm Yhnʿm mlkw Qtbn w-b s²ʿb-s¹m Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm w-
9 rṯdw Ḥwkm ṣlm-s¹m bn mhnkrm w-ms¹fʾym bn brṯ-s¹
| 5 | At the end of the line, the scribe wrongly wrote a word separator between h and w. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṯʿm, qyl of the tribe Bklm of Mrymtm, and Mʿdkrb, ʿmʿly and Ḍbʿn, of the family Klbn, 2 of Ḥyw, dedicated to Ḥwkm and to the gods of the temple S²bʿn the bronze statue from a tithe they paid to Ḥwkm in the land 3 of Ḥaḍramwt when they fought, protected and assisted Ydʿʾb Ġyln, king of Ḥaḍramawt, and Yṯʿm and his tribe 4 Mrymtm entered into S²bwt, and they killed the garrison of Yhbʾr in S²bwt, by the command of their lord S²hr Hll and his son Hwfʿm Yhnʿm, 5 kings of Qatabān. They entrusted to Ḥwkm and to the gods of the temple S²bʿn their lives, their faculties, their goods and their son 6 Hwfʾl and their brothers of the family Ḥyw. By ʿṯtr, ʿm, ʾnby, Ḥwkm, ḏt Ṣntm, 7 ḏt Ẓhrn, ḏt Rḥbn, ḏt Ḥmym, and by their lord S²hr Hll and 8 his son Hwfʿm Yhnʿm, kings of Qtbn, and by their tribe Bklm of Mrymtm. 9 And they entrusted to Ḥwkm their statue against everyone who may damage or may move (it) from its place. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 80 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This inscription refers the help given by Qatabān to the the king of Ḥadramawt, during a revolt caused by the tribe Yhbʾr. See Arbach-Sayūn 1 and the inscription of the beginning of the third century AD MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 4.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Hajj 2014: 93-136, pls 1-2 and facsimile 1 | al-Hajj, Mohammed 2014. Al-awḍāʿ al-siyasiyya li-mamlaka Haḍramawt wa-ʿalāqatu-ha bi-mamlaka Qatabān fī bidāya al-qarn al-awwal qabla al-mīlād. ʿālam. al-maḫṭūṭa wa-al-nawādir, 19: 93-136. |