SOYCE 903
Frantsouzoff 2003 a: figs 1-9
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Date between the late first century BC and the early first century AD, proposed by Frantsouzoff 2003 a: 253. |
TEXT
1 Krbhmw bn ʾls²hr gs¹m qbr-s¹ Mnwʿm h-s¹ w-[... ...] w-ʿ[...]-s¹(m) [..](m)r ḏ-rq[..]-s³± w (br)ʾ-s¹
2 w-g[s¹]m [... ...] w-s¹nbṭ ʿyn-s³ w-(rys³) ʿm [ʾ]ḫ-s¹ M(rs³)[dm bn ʾ](l)s²(h)r w-brs³ grbt-s¹ q[.. ±]n-ʾwdn-s³
3 w-qtdm w-brs³ b-s³ ʾblhn ʿm ʾḫ-[s¹] Mrs³dm [w-gr](b) g(r)bt-(s¹) rys³m w-s¹wḍʾ s¹(r)-s³y(w) ±(bn )(Dwʿn)
4 w-bn (Ġbr) w-nṣb b-[... ]b-(hy) (F)s²(ḥ)n rbʿh(n)
| Frantsouzoff: l.1: w-ʿ[tq](b)-s¹(m)ʾ(s¹)mr ḏr(q)t(y)-s³(n) w-ʾdʾ-s¹; l. 2: w-g(s¹)m ʾmn-(m) w-s¹nbṭ ʿyn-s³ w-rys³ ʿm (ʾ)ḫ-s¹ M(rs³)[dm bn ʾ](l)s²(h)r w-brs³ grbt-s¹ q(w)ʿn-ʾwdn-s³. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Krbhmw son of ʾls²hr built his tomb Mnwʿm for him and ... ..., and his well (?) 2 and built ?, and dug its water spring, and put in order, together with his brother Mrs³dm son of ʾls²hr, and placed his stones ? its limits; 3 and he directed (the construction works) and placed in it the camel, together with his brother Mrs³dm, and prepared his stone equipment following the rules, and he drove out the waters of its canals from the wādī Dwʿn 4 and from the wādī Ġbr; he set up (the monument) ... in the fourth year of Fs²ḥn. |
| English | |
1 Krbhmw son of ʾls²hr constructed his tomb as an obligation towards himself, and [its] (underground or surface structures?) and furnished them with wooden details (made of acacia tree) attached to their (i.e. the tomb's) two stone-pillars and with his grave goods 2 and he constructed securely and dug its (i.e. his tomb's) spring down to the water and, with his brother Mrs³dm son of ʾls²hr, laid in order and placed his undressed stones at the foundation of its (i.e. the tomb's) course of masonry 3 and he was in charge of these works and, with [his] brother Mrs³dm, placed in it (i.e. in his tomb) the camel and put his undressed stones in order and led its (i.e. his tomb's) two canals from (Wādī) Dawʿan 4 and from (Wādī) Ghabr and erected a monument in ... in the fourth (year) of (the eponymate of) Fs²ḥn. |
| Frantsouzoff 2003 a | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2003. The Hadramitic funerary inscription from the cave-tomb at al-Rukbah (Wādī Ghabr, Inland Ḥaḍramawt) and burial ceremonies in ancient Ḥaḍramawt. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 33: 251-266. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 180 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ar-Rukba |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The text is too damaged to be sure of its meaning. The translation by Frantsouzoff is hypothetical, but it seems almost sure that in the grave is put a camel and that there is a water spring connected to the tomb.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2003 a: 251-263, figs 1-9 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2003. The Hadramitic funerary inscription from the cave-tomb at al-Rukbah (Wādī Ghabr, Inland Ḥaḍramawt) and burial ceremonies in ancient Ḥaḍramawt. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 33: 251-266. |