Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 6 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
English | |
1 Nbṭm Yhnʿm, son of S²hr Hll, and his son Mrṯdm, kings of Qa- 2 tabān, constructed and laid the foundation and completed the fortification Yfʿn, the fortification of their 3 palace Ḥrb and its well Bḥrm; by favour of ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʿ- 4 m ḏ-Dwnm and ʾnby S²ymn and Wrfw ʾmr ʿm 5 and ḏt Ṣntm and ḏt Ẓhrn and Ns²bt and ʿzyn protectors of 6 Ḥrb and their solar deity, the Lady of Qly, and by favour of the two kings of Qatabān. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 58, w. 140, th. 32 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Royal palace Ḥrb |
Link to site record |
Beeston 1962 a: 47-49, pl. 10/4 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1962. Epigraphic and Archaeological Gleanings from South Arabia. Oriens Antiquus, 1: 41-52. |
Jamme 1969 a: 338-41 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1969. Inscriptions from Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Pages 331-354 in Gus W. Van Beek. Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Investigations at a Pre-Islamic Site in South Arabia. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 5). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
Beeston 1971: 19-20 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1971. The Labakh texts. Qahtan. Studies in Old Arabian Epigraphy. 2. London: Luzac and Co.. |
Jamme 1985: 101-106 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |