VL 32 CSAI I, 155
Bron 1992: 30
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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 | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ys²rḥʿṯ→[t] bn S²ʿṯmm s¹q(ny )(ʾn)—
2 by-S²y→mn l-bn-s¹ Ḍbʾm l-wf—
3 y-s¹ w-l-rd→ʾ-s¹my nʿmtm (w)-ḏt—
4 m b-yktr→bn-s¹ rṯd ʾnby ʾʾ—
5 ḏn-s¹my w-q→ny-s¹my b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b-ḏ—
6 t Ṣntm → [w]-(b)-ḏt Ẓhrn w-b mrʾ-s¹(my)
7 → [Y]—
8 hnʿm ml—
9 k Qtbn
| 3 | the w in w-ḏtm is drawn, but not engraved. |
| 7 | Bron integrates the royal name: Hwfʿm (see Phillips-Korotayev=CSAI I, 119). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ys²rḥʿṯt, he of S²ʿṯmm, dedicated to ʾn- 2 by S²ymn, for his son Ḍbʾm, for his safe- 3 ty and for the aid to both of them with prosperity and in what 4 both of them will ask to Him; he has committed to ʾnby the fa- 5 culties of both of them and the properties of both of them; by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏ- 6 t Ṣntm [and] by ḏt Ẓhrn and by the lord of both of them 7 [... ...] Y- 8 hnʿm king 9 of Qatabān. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, Van Lessen collection, VL 32 (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | The inscription may come from the sanctuary of Rṣfm dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn in the Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1992: 29-31, photo | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |