Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (A)
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (A)
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (B)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 4
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text - fragmentary
GENERAL NOTES
The text is a fragment belonging to Arbach-Sayūn 1.
TEXT marker
1 [... ... ..]ṭ[... ... ...] w-s¹±r [... ...] 2 [... ...]r bn Ḥḍrmwt ± b-M(ṯkt) [... ...] 3 [... ...] w-mtʿ w-ns³s³ w-ṣry ± ws¹ṭ [... ...] 4 [... ...] w-s¹lm mrʾ-s¹m Ydʿ±ʾb (Ġyln) (w)-(yhgw) (w)-(w)[... ...] 5 [... ...]rw w-bʿw w-wḍʿ h±grn S²bm w-(s¹)nṭʿ ws¹ṭ-(n) [... ...]
Apparatus 2 Uncertain reading. 4 Uncertain reading.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 [... ...]
2 [... ...] from Ḥaḍramawt in Mṯkt [... ...]
3 [... ...] and saved and protected (?) and gave favourable oracular decision in the middle of [... ...]
4 [... ...] and Ydʿʾb Ġyln sued for peace, but they waged war and [... ...]
5 [... ...] and assaulted and humiliated the city of Shibām and raised an insurrection in the middle of [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 877 A Support type Artefact » Altar Shape Squared Material Alabaster Measures h. 20, w. 16 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin and provenance Modern site Ḥinū az-Zurayr Ancient site Hrbt Geographical area Wādī Ḥarīb Country Yemen Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYArbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013 : 76-77, pl. 21Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān , 8: 49-103.