ḤZ-M 2
Maraqten 2013: 77, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿm w-Ys²rḥʿm w-ʾlʿm bnw Hwfʾ[l ... ...]
2 bn Ngrn rbyw Ḥrb ḏ-Wʿrm Hwfʿm w-Ys²rḥʿ—
3 m s¹qnyw ʿm ḏ-Rymtm w-ḏt Rḥbn ṣlm ḏhbn b-
4 ḏtm tkrb-s¹my rṯdw ʿm w-ḏt Rḥbn ʾʾḏn-s¹m
5 w-ʾwld-s¹m w-kl ʾqny-s¹m b-ʿṯtr w-b ʿm w-b ʾn—
6 by w-b ʿm ḏ-S²qr w-b Ḥwkm Nbṭ w-b ḏt Ṣntm
7 w-b ḏt Ẓhrn w-b ḏt Rḥbn w-b ḏt Ḥmym w-b mrʾ-
8 s¹m Ydʿʾb-Ġyln bn Frʿkrb mlk Qtbn w-b
9 [... ...]
| 1 | Maraqten integrates at the end of the line: [ʾdm]. |
| 2 | If the integration is right, we would have for the first time in Qatabanic the family's name: Ngrn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿm, Ys²rḥʿm and ʾlʿm, sons of Hwfʾl [... ...] 2 of the family Ngrn, priests of Ḥrb ḏ-Wʿrm. Hwfʿm and Ys²rḥʾl 3 dedicated to ʿm ḏ-Rymtm and to ḏt Rḥbn the statue of bronze, in respect of what they 4 asked them (the two divinities) for. They committed to ʿm and to ḏt Rḥbn their faculties, 5 their children and their goods; by ʿṯtr, by ʿm, by ʾnby, 6 by ʿm ḏ-S²qr, by Ḥwkm Nbṭ, by ḏt Ṣntm, 7 by ḏt Ẓhrn, by ḏt Rḥbn, by ḏt Ḥmym and by their lord 8 Ydʿʾb Ġyln, son of Frʿkrb, king of Qatabān and by 9 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Ḥrb ḏ-Wʿrm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
A god Ḥrb ḏ-Wʿrm seems here attested for the first time.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Maraqten 2013: 77-79, fig. 2 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2013. Two Qatabanian inscriptions from Ḥinū az-Zurayr. Pages 73-82 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |