Ja 121 Q 268; CSAI I, 46
Jamme 1958 b: 197, pl. 119
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʿqrbm bn Ṯwybm ḏ-Mhṣnʿm w-bn S³wyʿm brʾ w-
2 s¹wṯr ḫṭb-s¹ Yrs³ w-kl ṣrḥt-s¹ww kl-s¹ glm b-ḥg
3 ʾnby b-ʿṯtr w-b-ʿm w-b Wrfw w-b ḏt Ṣntm w-b-ḏt
4 Ẓhrn w-b mrʾ-s¹ S²hr Ygl Yhrgb mlk Qtbn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿqrbm son of Ṯwybm ḏ-Mhṣnʿm and of S³wyʿm constructed and 2 laid the foundation of his lower room Yrs³ and of all of its upper rooms all in its entirety, according to the orders of 3 ʾnby; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by Wrfw and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt 4 Ẓhrn and by his lord S²hr Ygl Yhrgb king of Qatabān. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 37.7, w. 78 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Yrs³ |
| Notes | The inscription has been found near the southern gate. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
ʾnby is part of the official Qatabanian pantheon. In the inscriptions commemorating the construction of houses by private citizens, after the mention of the name and of all the parts of the house, the god appears in the fixed expression "according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof".
This phrase decrees the conclusion of works by the will of the god, and the ratification of ownership. In this inscription the son of the author of Ja 119=CSAI I, 45 commemorates the construction of a second palace Yrs³.
This phrase decrees the conclusion of works by the will of the god, and the ratification of ownership. In this inscription the son of the author of Ja 119=CSAI I, 45 commemorates the construction of a second palace Yrs³.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1958 b: 190-191, pl. 119 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958. Inscriptions Related to the House Yafash in Timnaʿ. Pages 183-198 in Richard LeBaron Bowen and Frank P. Albright (eds). Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia. With foreword by Wendell Phillips. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |