UAM 508
Bātāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Hasni and al-Hasni Jamal Mohammed Nasser
Bātāyiʿ and al-Hasni 2015: 84, fig. 2
Bātāyiʿ and al-Hasni 2015: 84, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is written in correct Qatabanic. There are not certain reasons to consider it Marginal Qatabanic. |
TEXT
1 Hṣrʿṯt w-Whbʾl w-ʿmrtʿ w-ʿs³bm w-B—
2 [....] ʿmyṯʿ w-ʾls²rḥ ḏtw Ḍġyṯt s¹q—
3 [nyw] w-s³lʾ ʾmrʾ-s¹m ʿṯtr w-Blw w-Mwtr
4 w-ḏt Ġḍrn w-Frʿn w-ʾlhy Ḥdṯm ḏ-Mnwb
| 2 | ʿmyṯʿ could be a patronymic. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hṣrʿṯt, Whbʾl, ʿmrtʿ, ʿs³bm, B- 2 [....] ʿmyṯʿ and ʾls²rḥ, the ones of the family Ḍġyṯt, 3 dedicated and offered to their Lords ʿṯtr, Blw, Mwtr, 4 ḏt Ġḍrn, Frʿn and the gods of Ḥdṯm, those of Mnwb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, 508 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 16, w. 38.5, th. 25.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | In the inscription the name of place Mnwb is quoted. This is probably the ancient name of Hajar an-Nāb. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bātāyiʿ and al-Hasni 2015: 84-85, fig. 2 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser 2015. Ṯalāṯa nuqūš ǧadīda taḏkur al-ilāh al-ʾAwsānī (Blw). Pages 81-88 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16] |