CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

RES 3552 Q 38; CSAI I, 22


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB1
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  S²rḥʿṯt bn ʿbdʾl bn Tnzbn |
   2  tqdm w-ḥrg w-s¹hlk kl ʿs²q w-mb—
   3  [n]y mḥfdn ʿrbm w-ṣwbt-s¹ww bn s²—
   4  rs¹m ʿd frʿm l-mrʾ-hw S²hr Ġyln |
   5  b-ʿṯtr w-b ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b ʿm ḏ-Y(s¹)[r]—
   6  m w-b-ʿm ḏ-S²qr w-b Ḥwkm w-b ḏt Ṣntm |
   7  [w]-b ḏt Ẓhrn w-b ḏt Rḥbn w-b mrʾ-hw |
   8  [S²]hr Ġyln bn ʾbs²bm w-bn-hw Bʿm ml—
   9  [k] Qtbn

Apparatus
3maybe there is a letter before ʿrbm (RES).

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  S²rḥʿṯt, son of ʿbdʾl, of the family Tnzbn,
   2  dedicated and supervised and realized all the cutting (of stones) and the construc-
   3  tion of the tower ʿrbm and its glacises from
   4  foundation to top for his lord S²hr Ġyln;
   5  by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ʿm ḏ-Ys¹r-
   6  m and by ʿm ḏ-S²qr and by Ḥwkm and by ḏt Ṣntm
   7  and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by ḏt Rḥbn and by his lord
   8  S²hr Ġyln son of ʾbs²bm and his son Bʿm
   9  king of Qatabān.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jūba
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls Tower ʿrbm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wissmann 1968: 111Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.