Ja 405 Q 540; CSAI I, 9
Bowen 1958 a: 118, pl.75; Jamme 1958 a: 147, pl.95 (facsimile)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Rymt
2 Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhrg(b)[ bn S²h]r mlk Qtbn w-kl wld ʿm w-ʾws¹n w-
3 Kḥd w-Dhs¹m w-Tbnw[ ... ...](Y)s¹rn(( Ẓrn)) w-ʿḍd-s¹ww Rymt w-Rḥbt bn |
4 s²rs¹m ʿd frʿm fd(f)[... ... ]n Ḥmḍm w-rṯd-s¹ ʿṯtr w-ʿm w-Wdm
| 2 | Jamme reads Ys¹rn, but from the photo also a reading: | Ẓrn is possible, see Ja 2360, 12. |
| 3 | it remains doubtful whether Ys¹rn and Ḥmḍm (l. 4) are names of places or of buildings. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rymt 2 Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhrgb son of S²hr king of Qatabān and of all the children of ʿm and of Awsān and 3 Kḥd and Dhs¹m and Tbnw[... ...]Ys¹rn and both dams of it Rymt and Rḥbt from 4 foundation to top [... ...] Ḥmḍm; he committed it to the protection of ʿṯtr and ʿm and Wdm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 43, w. 158 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Murja |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This king, who has left also CSAI I, 14=MQ Ḥinū az-Zurayr 1, is never attested as mukarrib, and he bears the title that includes the territorial possessions but not of the religious offices, as is the rule for texts outside Timnaʿ. This inscription is framed by regal symbols similarly to the earliest Qatabanic texts.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1958 a: 143-145, 147, facsimile, pl. 95 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958. The Sheʿb edh-Dhaqab Inscriptions. Pages 143-147 in Richard LeBaron Bowen and Frank P. Albright (eds). Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia. With foreword by Wendell Phillips. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Wissmann 1968: 26 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |