VL 10 Q 900; CSAI I, 73
al-Ghūl 1959 b: pl. II
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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 |
TEXT
1 Ḥmys²m w-Rklm bnw S²rḥw(d)
2 (b)n Ḫlbn ʿs¹yw (ẓ)rbw qbr-s¹my Ẓrb
3 b-ʾbltm w-nfs¹h-s¹yw glm b-ḥg ʾnby
4 (w)-ʾl tʿly
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥmys²m and Rklm, sons of S²rḥwd, 2 son of Ḫlbn, made and gained legal possession of their grave Ẓrb 3 in ʾbltm and its inner rooms, entirely according to the orders of ʾnby, 4 and let there be no violation thereof. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Ẓrb |
| Notes | This is the only case, among the known grave construction inscriptions, with the name of the place (ʾbltm) of the tomb. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ghūl 1959 b: 423-425, pl. 2 | al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438. |