RES 4094 Ja 116; Q 112; CSAI I, 40
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 a: 25-27, fig.8
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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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The divine onomastics is a good element to try to date this text. The gods bearing a double name, and rich in epithets begin to be attested from the end of the B2 Period and, later, in the C Period. |
TEXT
1 [..]dm bn ʾlwhb w-ʾbʿm bn S²hrm ḏw Ṭdʾm tqdm[w w-s¹h]—
2 [l]k k[l] ʿs²q w-mbny bytn Yfs² (l)-Rbs² w-ʾhln w-S²ms¹-Rbs²[ b-]
3 m(rʾ)-(s¹)my Y(d)ʿʾ[b Ḏby]n w-bn-hw S²hrm mlkw Q[tb]n b-ʿ[ṯ]—
4 tr w-b ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b ḏt Ṣntm w-b ḏt Ẓh(r)n (w)-
5 [b R]bs² w-ʾhln
| 2 | bytn Yfs² Mbs² w-ʾhln (RES). |
| 2-3 | it is also possible: [b-ʾ]mrʾ-s¹my. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [..]dm son of ʾlwhb and ʾbʿm son of S²hrm of the family Ṭdʾm directed and realized 2 all the cutting (of stones) and construction of the house Yfs² for Rbs² and ʾhln and S²ms¹ Rbs²; by 3 their lord Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn and his son S²hrm, the two kings of Qatabān; by ʿṯ- 4 tr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and 5 by Rbs² and ʾhln. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 60.1282 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 42.8, th. 9.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house of Yfs² |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 a: 25-27, fig. 8 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1932. Altsüdarabische Inschriften. Orientalia, 1: 24-33. |
| Jamme 1952 b: 135-136 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137. |