CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 94, fig. 19

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...ʿm ḏ-]Rymtm w-ḏt Rḥbn w-
   2  [... ...] l-wfy-s¹ w-wfy mhrt-s¹
   3  [... ... mh]rt-s¹ w-bkl-s¹ w-ṣlm-s¹
   4  [... ...ʾ]ḫh-s¹ww ʾmlk Qtbn

Apparatus
4It could be integrated: Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm w-ʾ]ḫh-s¹ww ʾmlk Qtbn (cf. CSAI I, 54=Pi. Ḥuṣn al-Wusr).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [......] ʿm ḏ-Rymtm and ḏt Rḥbn and
   2  [......] for his safety and the safety of his possessions
   3  [......] his possessions, his people and his statue
   4  [......] his brothers kings of Qatabān.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 875
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤinū az-Zurayr
Ancient siteHrbt
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 73-74, fig. 94 (19)Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103.