Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 3.5 |
Textual typology | Construction text |
Text inscribed on the same stone as Ja 343 A. See this inscription for all the remarks. |
English | |
1 ʾs²hrm, son of Lḥyn, and S²krm, son of ʿmʿly, and S²ʿbm, son of Nbṭʿly, of the family 2 Ġrbm made, gained legal possession, and built their grave Nfs¹m and its hall and its inner rooms in its entirety, 3 according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof; ʾs²hrm possessed three fifths of this grave and of its hall and of its inner 4 rooms, S²krm and S²ʿbm possessed two fifths and it was uncontaminated. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 21, w. 84 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Nfs¹m |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1952 a: 188-189 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |
Cleveland 1965: 164, pl. 104 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |