Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
8 | the editor reads at the end of the line: (fr)[ʿ]. Grammatically more correct is the integration: (fr)[ʿm]. |
English | |
1 Wdʾl and Ys²rm sons of ʾbʾns¹ of the family Mghmm the two Wizards 2 of ʿm Ryʿn - and (they) ordained Wizards their brothers Nbṭʿm and Lḥyʿm, and 3 Ys²rm ordained Wizards his sons Ṣbḥm and Ṣdqm and ʾbnm - the two Collectors 4 of ʾṯrt - and Wdʾl ordained Collectors his sons ʿs³bm and Kl- 5 ybm and the sons of Lḥyʿm Nbṭʿm and ʿmkrb - the two Collectors of ʾ- 6 ṯrt - and Wdʾl and Ys²rm and Ṣbḥm and Ṣdqm the Priests of ʾ- 7 ṯrt in ʾs¹ḫr and Wdʾl and Ṣbḥm the Priests of Rbs² ḏ-Nhlb - 8 dedicated to ʿm Ryʿn the inscription and all that is due to Him from the tribute 9 they paid to ʿm. They have committed to ʿm Ryʿn their sons [... ...] 10 [... ...] ; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʿm[... ...] 11 by ʾṯrt and by the gods of [... ...] |
Support type | Artefact » Stela |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 60, w. 42 |
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 ʿm Ryʿn |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1955 b: 97-99, photo | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. A Qatabanian Dedicatory Inscription from Hajar bin Ḥumaid. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 75: 97-99. |
Jamme 1969 a: pl. 45 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1969. Inscriptions from Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Pages 331-354 in Gus W. Van Beek. Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Investigations at a Pre-Islamic Site in South Arabia. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 5). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |