RES 4162 Q 131; CSAI I, 27
Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXIII/a
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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 | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [S²hr] (Ġ)y(l)n bn ʾbs²bm ml(k) Qtbn bn—
2 [y w-](s¹ḥ)dṯ kl ʿs²q w-mbny ṣḥftn
3 [... ...]w-b ʾnby w-b ʿm ḏ-Ys¹rm |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²hr Ġyln, son of ʾbs²bm, king of Qatabān, built 2 and restored all the cutting (of stones) and the construction of the city wall curtain 3 [... ...] and by ʾnby and by ʿm ḏ-Ys¹rm. |
| 2 | ṣḥft "curtain" is singular in Minaic, in Qatabanic ṣḥft "document" is attested as a singular noun. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Va 5336+Va 7819 |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXIII/a | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Pirenne 1966: 48 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1966. Contribution à l'épigraphie sud-arabiques. Semitica, 16: 73-99. |
| Wissmann 1968: 111-112 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |