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 |
1 | It seems completely unlikely that the inscription begins with line 1 for various reasons: instead of the main verb there is a subordinate phrase, the author of the inscription appears on line 4. Another element, although not decisive, is that up to now the inscriptions dedicated by a tribe are construction inscriptions and not dedicatory inscriptions. |
3 | Perhaps: l-wzʾ. |
6 | At the end, the editor: s¹qnyt-[s¹]. |
English | |
[... ...] 1 the tribe Qwmn ḏ-Mrymtm in what (?) 2 was made known and issued by (?) (the oracle of) the god and he offered 3 and again it was given and dedicated by him; may Ḥwkm 4 give assurance of the safety of Ys²h and his brothers and 5 their sons and their houses and all his properties. Ys²f 6 committed to Ḥwkm and His gods the dedication. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
Ancient site | Mrymtm |
Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Ḥwkm |
Link to site record |
al-Hajj 2019: 31, figs 21-22 | al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2019. History of Maryamah Town (Hajar- al- ʿAdī) in Wādī Ḥarīb in the Light of Its Musnad Inscriptions (7th Century BC – 3rd Century AD). Adūmātū, 40: 7-40. |