Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Textual typology | Construction text |
This inscription belongs probably to period B, but in this case we have no sure elements to date it. |
English | |
1 ʾws¹ʾl, son of Lḥyʿṯt of the family Rwyn kbr of Mʿnm, and Mʿnm in Tm- 2 nʿ built and brought up and restored their grave Ẓrbn from foundation to top 3 in its entirety, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof; ʾs¹lmm of the family Ẓlwmn and Ḏymm of the family Kyl 4 and ʾws¹n of the family Brqm and Wfdm of the family Ḥḏk[.] and Yhrʾl of the family ʾws¹n and S²hrm 5 of the family ʿs²zr and Hwkn of the family Mḏym directed the realization and the construction of the grave Ẓrbn 6 for their tribe Mʿnm. ʾnby and Nkrḥm helped. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 19, w. 70 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Ẓrbn |
Link to site record |
al-Ghūl 1959 b: 419-423, pl. 1 | al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438. |