RES 4932 Ry 216; Q 203; CSAI I, 31
Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXIII/d
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 S²hr Ġyln bn ʾbs²bm mlk Qtbn bny w-s¹(ḥ)[dṯ l-ʿṯtr Nwf]—
2 n w-ʾlhw S¹qmtm bytn Byḥn w-ḫṭb-s¹ w-ms³wd-s¹ w-ṣ[rḥt-s¹]
3 bn s²rs¹m ʿd frʿm ywm rdʾ ʿṯtr w-ʾlhw S¹qmtm S²hr-Ġ[yln]
4 mḫḍ Ḥḍrmt w-ʾmrm w-l yḥr ḏn bytn Byḥn w-ḫṭb-s¹ rbym
5 w-rbytm b-yrby ʿṯtr Nwfn b-ʿṯtr w-b ʿm w-b ʾnby
6 w-b ḏt Ṣntm w-b ḏt Ẓhrn
| 1 | l-ʿṯtr (Robin 1987 a: 172) instead of b-rdʾ ʿṯtr (RES). |
| 2 | S¹qmtm is unattested elsewhere and could also refer to a territory. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²hr Ġyln, son of ʾbs²bm, king of Qatabān, built and restored for ʿṯtr Nwf- 2 n and the gods of S¹qmtm the temple Byḥn and its lower room and its hall and its upper room 3 from foundation to top when ʿṯtr and the gods of S¹qmtm helped S²hr Ġyln 4 in the defeat of the Ḥaḍramawt and Amīr and may any priest and priestess stay in this temple Byḥn and in its lower room, 5 the priest and the priestess that ʿṯtr Nwfn ordains priests; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby 6 and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn. |
| 4-5 | "et que soit établi ce temple Bayḥān et sa substructure en application (?) et en soin, qu'assure ʿAthtar" (RES). |
| 5 | The translation from rbym to Nwfm is in Mazzini 2020: 151. |
| Mazzini 2020: 151 | Mazzini, Giovanni 2020. The Ancient South Arabian royal edicts from the Southern Gate of Timnaʿ and the Ǧabal Labaḫ. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 8). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Byḥn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 66-67, pl. III | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXIII/d | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Wissmann 1968: 22 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |
| Robin 1987 a | Robin, Christian J. 1987. Trois inscriptions sabéennes découvertes près de Barāqish (République Arabe du Yemen). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 17: 165-177. |