RES 4931 Ry 215; Q 202; CSAI I, 213
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 65-66, pl. IV
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription shows some parallels with the inscription RES 3879=CSAI I, 211. |
TEXT
1 [... ... Ydʿʾb mlk Q]tbn ḥgr w-s¹ḥrm ḥrmn ʿṣ—
2 [m ʿṣm ... ...] w-ḏtw tḥrgn ʾs¹dm ys³mk bn t—
3 [... ...]n bn-ḏw s¹ts²ʿm w-s¹ts³mkm bn Qtbn w-
4 [... ... m]n-ḏm b-yṯfṭ w-ḥrg Ydʿʾb w-mn-ḏm b—
5 [... ...]nn w-bḏl w-flṭ nfs¹-s¹ w-qny-s¹ l-Ydʿ—
6 [ʾb ... ...](ḫ)rf Hwfʿṯt ḏ-Byḥn ʾḫrn w-tʿlm-ʾy
7 [yd] Ydʿʾb
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... Ydʿʾb] king of Qataban prohibited and and applied an interdiction as a protective bond 2 [which links the king Ydʿʾb] and those of authority with the people/person who rise/s from 3 [... ...] against being hostile and rising against (?) Qataban 4 [... ...] whoever Ydʿʾb orders and commands and whoever 5 [contravenes the ordinance of this prohibition and interdiction (?)] then he gives and assigns his life and his possessions to Ydʿ- 6 ʾb [... ...] the last year of Hwfʿṯt ḏ-Byḥn and the signature 7 (was made by) the hand of Ydʿʾb. |
| Mazzini 2020: 353 | Mazzini, Giovanni 2020. The Ancient South Arabian royal edicts from the Southern Gate of Timnaʿ and the Ǧabal Labaḫ. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 8). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Gate |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City gate ḏ-S³dw |
| Notes | The inscription was originally located within the southern gate of Timnaʿ. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 65-66, pl. IV | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| Mazzini 2020: 353-356, 358-360, 370-373, fig. 37 | Mazzini, Giovanni 2020. The Ancient South Arabian royal edicts from the Southern Gate of Timnaʿ and the Ǧabal Labaḫ. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 8). |