Nihm/al-Quṭra 2 MAFRAY-Banū Farās 2+3
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 46, pl. 41
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 46, pl. 41
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 47, pl. 42
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The support of the inscription Nihm/al-Quṭra 2 is divided in two fragments, which are not contiguous. The editor has called them as fragment "a" and fragment "b". |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 Ḥywm bnw Lqẓn ʾdm
2 bny S¹ḫymm hqnyw s²ym-(h)—
3 (m) Tʾ(l)b R(y)mm bʿl Qd—
4 (m) ʾdmm ṣlmn ḥg-n wq—
5 [h]-(h)mw b-m(s¹)ʾl-hw b-kn hs¹—
6 [ʾl-hw ... ...]m... ...m[...]
7 [... ...]
8 [... ... s¹](tʿn) ʿ(bd)-(h)w [.]
9 [... ...] hwt s¹ṭwn [.]
10 [... ...]-(h)w w-Tʾlb l-y—
11 [... ...] ʾdm-hw bny Lq[ẓn]
12 [... ... mqy]mtm w-wfym
| 1 | It is the second or third line of the original inscription, which preserves only part of one of the personal names of the authors of this dedication. According to Frantsouzoff Ḥywm was a patronymic. |
| 3-4 | bʿl Qdm ʾdmm: this attribute of Tʾlb is here attested for the first time. |
| 8-12 | The lines 2-12 correspond to lines 1-5 of the fragment "b" in the edition of Frantsouzoff. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
... ... 1 ... Ḥaywum, fils de Laqẓān, clients 2 des banū Sukhaymum, ont dédié à leur patron 3 Taʾlab Riyāmum, Seigneur de Qadm 4 Adamim la statue d'homme conformément à ce qu'Il leur a pre- 5 scrit dans Sa consultation oraculaire, lorsqu'ils Lui ont dé- 6 [mandé] (?) ... 7 ... ... 8 ... Son serviteur a [de]mandé de l'aide ... 9 ... cet accord (?) ... 10 ... son (sa) ... et Taʾlab ... 11 ... Ses serviteurs, les fils de Laq[ẓān], ... 12 ... [moy]ens et bien-être. |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 124-126 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 26, w. 36.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Banū Farās |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The two fragments of this inscription have been reemployed inside the same wall of the house of the sheik in the village of Banū Farās. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Quṭra |
| Ancient site | Mṭrtm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Qdm ʾdmm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 124-126, pls 41, 42 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |