ḤZ-M 1
Maraqten 2013: 74, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is a construction text, but also a legal text to declare the legal possession of the house. |
TEXT
1 Ṯwb bn Ḥḍrm ḏ-Lms¹m s²ʾm
2 w-qny w-brl w-bʿl w-ẓrb w-
3 brʾ w-s¹s²qr byt-s¹m Myfʿm |
4 w-kl ʾḫṭb-s¹ w-ṣrḥt-s¹ww w-ms²—
5 qṣ-s¹ w-nfs¹h-s¹ww klm glm b-
6 ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṯwb, son of Ḥḍrm ḏ-Lms¹m, purchased, 2 acquired, acquired possession, owned, gained legal possession, 3 constructed and completed his house Myfʿm 4 and all its lower rooms and its upper rooms, its 5 ms²qṣ and its inner rooms all in its entirety, according to 6 the order of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof. |
| 5 | ms²qṣ is translated by Maraqten as "windows", but the noun is singular, and therefore one single window in a house would be difficult to imagine. A. Agostini in his PhD thesis proposed "small room". |
| 5 | nfs¹ is translated by Maraqten as "roof terraces". Again, trying to establish the precise meaning of the parts of a building is very difficult; nfs¹, however, also occurs as a part of a tomb, and a "roof terrace" would not be probable for a tomb. |
| Maraqten 2013 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2013. Two Qatabanian inscriptions from Ḥinū az-Zurayr. Pages 73-82 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 45 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Myfʿm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Maraqten 2013: 73-76, fig. 1 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2013. Two Qatabanian inscriptions from Ḥinū az-Zurayr. Pages 73-82 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |