T.02.B 22
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017 a: 687, fig. 3
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
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 | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]s¹qny ʿṯtr m[... ...]
2 [... ... b-y]wm s¹bʾ Rm[n ... ...]
3 [... ...](m)[... ...]
| 1 | m[: could indicate either the beginning of the god epithet "Mlkn" or the beginning of the dedicated object. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 ... a offert à ʿAthtar m[... 2 le j]our où Rūm[ān] [les Romains] ont effectué une expédition (militaire)... 3 ... ... ... |
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017 a: 686 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2017. Premiers échos de l’expédition romaine d’Aelius Gallus dans la documentation sudarabique. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2 (Avril-Juin): 677-700. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Notes | Found in the area of the market square. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
If Rm[n] indicates, as the editors claim, the Romans, we would have here an allusion to the expedition of Aelius Gallus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017 a: 686-688, fig. 3 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2017. Premiers échos de l’expédition romaine d’Aelius Gallus dans la documentation sudarabique. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2 (Avril-Juin): 677-700. |
| Arbach 2021: 163, fig. 1 | Arbach, Mounir 2021. Quelques jalons de l’histoire de Tamnaʿ, l’ancienne capitale du royaume de Qatabān, à la lumière des fouilles archéologiques italo-françaises. Pages 157-169 in Sabina Antonini de Maigret and Alessio Agostini (eds). Missione Archeologica Italiana in Yemen Studi di materiali inediti e rivisitazioni alla memoria di Alessandro de Maigret / Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen Essays on Unpublished and Newly Revised Materials in Memory of Alessandro de Maigret. Perugia: OL3. |