CIAS 49.12/f 1 n° 1 RES 4971; Ry 266; Q 218; CSAI III, 7
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The two fragments were joined together by Pirenne. Beeston: "There must also have been a third fragment to the left again of NAM 2380, containing somewhere around ten letters". |
TEXT
1 [... ...]nt Mʿdʾl mlk ʾws¹n w-↯[.]rṯd qbr-(s¹)[ ... ...]
2 [... ...ʿ](ṯ)tr Mqṭn w-ʾlhw Ws¹r w-↯ʾbʿl Nʿm(n)[ ... ...]
3 [... ...]rbm w-mkrb↯tm bn [... ...]
| 1 | [b]nt (Jamme), probably [ʾ](b)nt (Beeston); [s¹]rṯd (Beeston). |
| 3 | [... ...m]krbm (Beeston). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]nt Mʿdʾl king of Awsān and he committed his/her grave [... ...] 2 [... ...] ʿṯtr Mqṭn and the gods of Ws¹r and the divine lords of Nʿmn [... ...] 3 [... ...] and as a blessing against [anyone who would harm it ... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 191+NAM 2380=AM 174 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 17.5, w. 47.5, th. 6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 94, pl. VI | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| CIAS: ii, 163-165, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |