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 | Dedicatory text |
The last six lines are engraved on the left side of the block. | |
8 | The toponym Rḥbtn could be identified with Raḥbān, which lies north of al-Misʿsāl (see Cultural remarks), or with Raḥbatān, north of Ṣanʿāʾ. |
English | |
1 Gdnʿm and Ḥmdʿly the sons of both of them ʾ- 2 bkrb and Nʿmgd of the family Ms²frt and T- 3 hṯkn and Fqḍtn dedicated to their Lord W- 4 rfw ʾmr-ʿm in his temple S²bʿn in the town 5 ḏ-Ġylm a bronze statue as [... ...] 6 that they had promised to Him for the safety of their lord Nbṭm 7 Yhnʿm King of Qatabān in the day in which he carried out a military expedition 8 as far as Rḥbtn against the king of Sabaʾ and the land of 9 Ḥimyar; may Wrfw grant to them 10 again the favour in each enterprise they will undertake 11 under His command for the safety of their lord Nb- 12 ṭm Yhnʿm king of Qatabān and their 13 own safety and the safety of their actions; they have committed 14 this bronze staute to Wrfw ʾmr-ʿm against everyone who may 15 damage it from its place; 16 by ʿṯtr S²rqn and 17 ʿm ḏ-Dwnm and ʾnby 18 S²ymn and Ns²bt 19 and ʿzyn the two protectors 20 of Ḥrb. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 194=AM 177+AM 208 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 51, w. 25, th. 15 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd |
Ancient site | ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wrfw ʾmr-ʿm bʿl S²bʿn |
Link to site record |
CIAS: i, 179-182, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |