Ja 2898 CSAI II, 6; Ḥajj-al-ʿĀdī 62
Jamme 1981: pl. 1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Measure of letters | 58 | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The dating of the text is sure for the mention of the king Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm. |
TEXT
1 s²ʿbn ḏ-Mrymtm ḥwr hgrn Ẓfr (b)—
2 (rʾw w)-(s¹qs²b) mrs³ʿt mḥfd-s¹m Yrdʿ w-
3 (s¹qfm )(Ṣrbt)( bn mṯbm ṯ)wbw l-ʾl-s¹m Ḥ—
4 (wkm) b-rdʾ w-tḥrg mrʾ-s¹m Krbʾl W—
5 tr Yhnʿm mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The tribe ḏ-Mrymtm inhabitant of the town of Ẓafār 2 constructed and made the construction of their tower Yrdʿ and 3 a portico Ṣrbt by means of the offerings they offered to their god Ḥ- 4 wkm; by the help and the command of their lord Krbʾl W- 5 tr Yhnʿm king of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 518 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 42, w. 95 |
| 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 |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Yrdʿ, Ṣrbt |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1981: 98-99, pl. 1 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1981. Pre-islamic Arabian Miscellanea. Pages 95-112 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |
| al-Hajj 2019: 28-29, figs 15-16 | al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2019. History of Maryamah Town (Hajar- al- ʿAdī) in Wādī Ḥarīb in the Light of Its Musnad Inscriptions (7th Century BC – 3rd Century AD). Adūmātū, 40: 7-40. |