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 |
English | |
1 ʿmyṯʿ son of Ḥrmm ḏ-Ḏrʾn made, gained legal possession, built his 2 house S²bʿn and its lower room and its hall and its upper rooms 3 and its walls and its canals and its well in its entirety, according to the orders 4 of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof; he has committed it to the protection of ʿṯtr and ʿm and ʾnby 5 and their gods and the kings of Qatabān for himself and for his son 6 and his successors; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ṣ- 7 ntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhnʿ- 8 m and by S²hr Ġyln and his son Bʿm kings of Qatabān. 9 Wdm is father. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house S²bʿn |
Notes | To the north-west of the Timnaʿ palace, there is a complex of buildings. This inscription is on the wall of the main building. |
Link to site record |
Beeston 1988: 6-8, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1988. Miscellaneous Epigraphic Notes II. Raydān, 5: 5-31. |