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 | Construction text |
2 | the first letter of the personal name could be also ʾ. |
6 | ʾs²ms¹ is here a common noun and not a theonym. |
English | |
1 ʾḥrm and Ḏ[... ...]dm and ʾlnʾd and ʾls¹ʿd 2 and their son [... ...] they of Ṯʿym constructed and laid 3 the foundations and finished [... ...]from foundation to 4 top, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm 5 and by ʾnby and by their protector Wrfw ʾmr-ʿm and by ḏt 6 Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and with the help of their solar deities and by their 7 lords Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm king of Qatabān 8 and Frʿkrb Yhwḍʿ sons of S²hr. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 45, w. 58 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Notes | The archaeological context is not clear. |
Link to site record |
CIAS: i, 117-123, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
Pirenne 1966: 98 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1966. Contribution à l'épigraphie sud-arabiques. Semitica, 16: 73-99. |