YM 17189
Bron and Gajda 2005: 123, fig. 5
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
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TEXT
1 Ḥẓyʿly b—
2 nt Ḥrs¹m
3 qrs²tn
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Ḥaẓīʿalī fille 2 de Ḥarisum 3 la trésorière (?) |
| Bron and Gajda 2005: 119 | Bron, François and Gajda, Iwona 2005. Un texte juridique fragmentaire de Šibām al-Ġirās. Pages 115-123 in Amida Sholan, Sabina Antonini and Mounir Arbach (eds). Sabaean Studies (Dirāsāt Sabaʾiyya). Archaeological, epigraphical and historical studies in honour of Yūsuf M. ʿAbdallāh, Alessandro de Maigret, Christian J. Robin on the occasion of their sixtieth birthdays. Naples: Università degli studi di Napoli l'Orientale. [University of Ṣanʿāʾ; Yemeni-Italian Centre for Archeological Reserches Ṣanʿāʾ; Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ] |
| English | |
1 Ḥẓyʿly daughter 2 of Ḥrs¹m, 3 the treasurer. |
| 3 | For a comment on the meaning of the word qrs²t, see the translation of the text Dār al-Šukr. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 17189 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Marble |
| Measures | h. 26, w. 22 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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CULTURAL NOTES
This text mentions a category of women called qrs²t, considered "treasurers" of a god (Bron and Gajda 2005; cf. also the text Dār al-Šukr).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron and Gajda 2005: 119-120, 123 (fig. 5) | Bron, François and Gajda, Iwona 2005. Un texte juridique fragmentaire de Šibām al-Ġirās. Pages 115-123 in Amida Sholan, Sabina Antonini and Mounir Arbach (eds). Sabaean Studies (Dirāsāt Sabaʾiyya). Archaeological, epigraphical and historical studies in honour of Yūsuf M. ʿAbdallāh, Alessandro de Maigret, Christian J. Robin on the occasion of their sixtieth birthdays. Naples: Università degli studi di Napoli l'Orientale. [University of Ṣanʿāʾ; Yemeni-Italian Centre for Archeological Reserches Ṣanʿāʾ; Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ] |