al-ʿĀdī 5
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2015: 142, fig. 22
al-Hajj 2015: 142, fig. 22
- al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2015: 142, fig. 22 - al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2015: 132, facsimile 6 - al-Hajj 2011: 133-152, photo
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ḏt] (Ṣn)tm (s¹) [... ...]
2 [... ...] (ʿ)(m) (Ḥ)wkm nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-bn-s¹ww Ys²rḥʿm[ ... ...]
3 [... ...] w-b Khlm bʿl Qrytm w-b ḏ-S¹mw bʿl [... ...]
4 [... ... ḏ]t Ḥmym w-b mrʾ-s¹ S²hr Hll Yhnʿm ml(k) [... ...]
5 [... ...] (b)-s²ʿb-s¹ Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm w-b ʾḫh-s¹(w)[w ... ...]
6 [... ...](bn) (ms¹n)krm (w)-m(s¹)f(ʾy)m b(n) b(r)[ṯ-s¹ ... ...]
| 5 | bklm could also be a substantive: "people, colonists". |
| 6 | The editor restored s¹]bn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [......] ḏt Ṣntm s¹[......] 2 [......] (ʿm) (Ḥ)wkm, his life, his faculties, and his sons Ys²rḥʿm [......] 3 [......] and Khlm, the Lord of Qrytm, and by ḏ-S¹mw, the Lord of [......] 4 [......] ḏt Ḥmym and by the lord S²hr Hll Yhnʿm, king of [......] 5 [......] by his tribe Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm and by his brothers [......] 6 [......] against everyone who may damage it or may move it from its place. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Marble |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 35, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Notes | The inscription was found by an inhabitant of al-ʿĀdī in situ, and then brought to his house. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This is a very interesting inscription. In addition to citing the name of the king, we have the god ḏ-Smwy invoked after the god of Qaryat al-Faw and the name of the tribe to which the author belonged: Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Hajj 2011: 133-152, photo | al-Hajj, Mohammed 2011. Qariyat ḏāt Kahl (al-Fāw ḥalyān) fi ḍawʾ naqš qitbānī ǧadīd (al-ʿĀdī 5). Silsila mudāwalāt ʿilmiyya muḥakama li-l-liqāʾ al-sanawī li-l-ǧamʿiyyah (Ǧamʿiya al‐Tārīḫ wa-l-āṯār bi-duwal Maǧlis al-Taʿāwun li-Duwal al-Ḫalīǧ al-ʿArabiyya), 12: 133-152. |
| al-Hajj 2015: 142-159, figs 21-22 and facsimile | al-Hajj, Mohammed 2015. Nuqūš qatabāniyya min Haǧar al-ʿĀdī (Maryama qadīman). Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hā al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya al-taʾriḫiyya. (King Saud University). (Series of Refereed Studies, 4). |