Ja 119 Q 266; CSAI I, 45
Jamme 1958 b: 196, pl. 117
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Ṯwybm bn Ys²rḥʿm w-Ṣbḥm w-Hwfʿm ḏtw
2 Mhṣnʿm s²ʾm w-ẓrb byt-s¹ Yfs² w-kl ʾḫṭb-s¹
3 w-ṣrḥt-s¹ww w-nfs¹h-s¹ww w-ms¹qft-s¹ kl-s¹m glm
4 b-ḥg ʾnby b-ʿṯtr w-b-ʿm w-b-ʾnby w-b Wrfw
5 ḏ-Lfn w-b-ḏt Ṣntm w-b-ḏt Ẓhrn w-b-mrʾ-s¹ S²—
6 [hr] (Ygl) Yhrgb bn Hwfʿm Yhnʿm mlk Q—
7 [tbn w-b F]rʿkrb ḏ-Ḏrḥn dd w-ḫwl S²hr
TRANSLATIONS
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1 Ṯwybm son of Ys²rḥʿm and Ṣbḥm and Hwfʿm of the family 2 Mhṣnʿm purchased and gained legal possession of his house Yfs² and all its lower rooms 3 and its upper rooms and its inner rooms and its roofed hall all in its entirety, 4 according to the orders of ʾnby; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by Wrfw 5 ḏ-Lfn and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by his lord S²- 6 hr Ygl Yhrgb son of Hwfʿm Yhnʿm king of Qa- 7 tabān and by Frʿkrb ḏ-Ḏrḥn uncle and regent for S²hr. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 73.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Yfs² |
| Notes | The inscription is now detached and placed on the ground. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
ʾnby is part of the official Qatabanian pantheon. In the inscriptions commemorating the construction of houses by private citizens, after the mention of the name and of all the parts of the house, the god appears in the fixed expression "according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof".
This phrase decrees the conclusion of works by the will of the god, and the ratification of ownership. This inscription goes back to Ja 118, commemorating not so much the construction of the palace Yfs² which already existed, but rather its transfer of ownership to the Mhṣnʿm family. The god Wrfw is cited in this inscription, as is the king's uncle and regent.
This phrase decrees the conclusion of works by the will of the god, and the ratification of ownership. This inscription goes back to Ja 118, commemorating not so much the construction of the palace Yfs² which already existed, but rather its transfer of ownership to the Mhṣnʿm family. The god Wrfw is cited in this inscription, as is the king's uncle and regent.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1958 b: 187-189, pl. 117 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958. Inscriptions Related to the House Yafash in Timnaʿ. Pages 183-198 in Richard LeBaron Bowen and Frank P. Albright (eds). Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia. With foreword by Wendell Phillips. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |