MuB 457 CSAI I, 15
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.9 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [Ydʿʾb Ygl bn ]Ḏmrʿly
2 mkr(b) [Q](tb)n [w-](w)l(d) ʿm bn—
3 y w-ʿzz ʿḍd Byḥn bn s²rs¹—
4 m ʿd frʿm w-ʿmm Byḥn tʿ—
5 (m)m-s¹ ʿlyn w-rṯd-hw ʾnby
| 1 | Ḏmrʿly is the patronymic of the king Ydʿʾb Ygl, in Ja 2361=CSAI I, 196 and RES 3858=CSAI I, 203, thus giving rise to the integration proposed (also confirmed by the palaeography). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ydʿʾb Ygl son of Ḏmrʿly 2 mukarrib of Qatabān and of the children of ʿm built 3 and strengthened the dam of Byḥn from founda- 4 tion to top and expanded Byḥn by means of its wide 5 expansion and he has committed it to the protection of ʾnby. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 457 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 90, w. 162 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿĀdiyya |
| Ancient site | Rḥb (?) |
| Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Dam or retaining structure |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini et al. 1994: 28-29, pl. 10/2 | Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA., Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 1994. Materiali per il Corpus Qatabanico. Raydān, 6: 17-36. |
| Bāfaqīh 1994 a: 16-20, pl. 4/a | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt. Raydān, 6: 6-26. [Arabic section] |