Ja 2354 Van Lessen 25; Shirjān 1
Doe 1971: pl. 75
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿm ʾwlṭ nḥln w-bn-hw H—
2 lʿw w-Ḥṭbm ʾlht qyln kbr nhmn
3 w-brʾn w-mgyrtn w-grbtn w-tqdm
4 ʾrdʾ-hw b-ḏn mʾgln Bnʾ ḥn—
5 g-n wqh-hw ʾmrʾ-hw b—
6 ny Hṣbḥ w-hẓl fʿln
7 [... ...]
| 7 | Jamme reads: Ġylw s²bk "Ġylw a fait cet entrelacement". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿm ʾwlṭ, the captain, and his sons H- 2 lʿw and Ḥṭbm, those of the qyl, supervised the smooth dressing, 3 the construction, the plastering, the lining and he was in charge of 4 his helpers in (the construction) of this cistern Bnʾ, as 5 his lords ordered him, the 6 family Hṣbḥ; he realized the work 7 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 34, w. 65 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ghunaymiyya |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Shirjān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ghūl 1959 b: 425-429, pl. 3 | al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 88 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Wissmann 1968: 82 | 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. |
| Doe 1971: 175-176, fig. 75 | Doe, D. Brian 1971. Southern Arabia. London: Thames and Hudson. |