MQ-Maqṣara al-Abraq 1 CSAI I, 49
Arbach et al. 2001: 98, fig.44
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| According to the editors, lines 1-4 correspond to RES 3537. |
TEXT
1 S²hr Ygl Yhrgb bn Hwfʿm
2 Yhnʿm (ml)k Qtbn mḫḍ w-hnql
3 kl ʿs²(q)[... ... ]l nqbn Ys¹rm b-nḫ—
4 l-s¹ Hr[.]( b)-s¹rn Ṯmdm w-hbrʾ s²—
5 ṣnn ḏ-S¹lfnyw b-ʾmr ʿm w-s¹b—
6 rʾ mḥrm ʿm ḏ-Qrqrm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²hr Ygl Yhrgb son of Hwfʿm 2 Yhnʿm king of Qatabān hewed out and ordered to cut 3 all the cutting (of stones) [... ...] of the canal Ys¹rm in his palm- 4 grove Hr[.] in the wadi Ṯmdm and ordered to construct 5 the dam ḏ-S¹lfnyw according at the behest of ʿm and ordered to 6 construct the temple of ʿm ḏ-Qrqrm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 43.5 (MQ-Maqṣara al-Abraq 1 and 2), w. 51 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maqṣara al-Abraq |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 70-71, fig. 44 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |