Kortler 5
Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: pl. VII/19
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Bāfaqīh edited the text as Kortler 4. Inscription dated on the basis of Kortler 4 (see Cultural notes). |
TEXT
1 Yʾws¹ʾl bn S²mnr
2 w-s²wʿ gwr-hw Ġ—
3 s²nm bn Gnyt
4 b-kn brʾ bʾry
5 ʾlh-hw
| 1 | Müller emendated the reading Ywbʾl on the facsimile. |
| 4 | bny (Bāfaqīh). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yʾws¹ʾl son of S²mnr, 2 when he was in the service of his lord Ġ— 3 s²nm bn Gnyt, 4 when he built the two wells 5 of his god. |
| Robin 2010 a: 365 | Robin, Christian J. 2010. Ḥimyarite Kings on Coinage. Pages 357-381 in Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen (eds). Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms. Studies in Ancient Arabian Monetization. New York: American Numismatic Society / New York: Oxford: Oxbow. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
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CULTURAL NOTES
"This inscription was engraved by a client of Gashnum b. Gabiyat who was also the author of the inscription Kortler 4. This Gashnum, who belongs to a lineage attested at Qaryat al-Fāw, can be dated very approximately to the first century BCE or CE, from the script used in Kortler 4 (note the very sober letter forms as well as the rāʾ with the broken curve)" (Robin 2010 a: 365).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: 127-129, pl. VII/19 | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Sabäische Felsinschriften von der jemenitishen Grenze zur Rubʿ al-Ḫālī. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 113-136. |
| Bāfaqīh 2001 a: 61-62 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 2001. Ḏū Samāwī wa-abʿād ḥarami-hi fī Šuḍayf. Raydān, 7: 55-65. |
| Robin 2010 a: 365 | Robin, Christian J. 2010. Ḥimyarite Kings on Coinage. Pages 357-381 in Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen (eds). Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms. Studies in Ancient Arabian Monetization. New York: American Numismatic Society / New York: Oxford: Oxbow. |