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  • Editor(s)
    Mounir Arbach
    Alessandra Lombardi
    Alessandra Avanzini
  • First published
    2020-07-14
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-10081
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Ḥājj-al-ʿĀdī 86


al-Ḥājj 2020: 130, pl. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  [ʾbws³l ḏ](t) byt ʾbʾns¹ w-ʾls²rḥ bnw Dql s¹(q)[ny](t)[ ḏt Ṣntm]
   2  [ṣlmn ḏh]bn bn frʿm frʿt ʾbws³l l-ḏt Ṣntm rṯdt (ʾ)[bws³l]
   3  [ḏt Ṣ](n)tm nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-bn-s¹ Nbṭʿm [w-...]hm-s¹ w-ʾ—
   4  [... ...](m) w-ʾqny-s¹m w-rṯdt ʾbws³l ṣlm-(s¹)[ bn] ms¹f—
   5  [ʾym w-m]s¹nkr bn brṯ-s¹ Dql

Apparatus
2al-Ḥājj restores [w]-rṯdt; however, there is no space to restore a w and the clause is asyndetic.
3We could integrate: s¹]hm-s¹ "her servants"
3-4We could integrate: ʾ[ʾḏn-s¹]m.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾbws³l of the house of ʾbʾns¹ and ʾls²rḥ, of the family Dql, dedicated to ḏt Ṣntm
   2  the bronze statue among the tribute ʾbws³l offered to ḏt Ṣntm; ʾbws³l committed
   3  to ḏt Ṣntm her person and her faculties and her son Nbṭʿm and her [... ...] and
   4  [... ...] and their possessions, and ʾbws³l committed her statue against anyone who may move (it)
   5  or who may damage (it) from its place. Dql.
al-Ḥājj 2020: 131al-Hajj, Mohammed 2020. Ṣūra min makānat al-marʾa fī mamlakat Qatabān fī ḍawʾ nuqūsh musnadiyya jadīda. Majallat jāmiʿat Ḥāʾil li-l-ʿulūm al-insāniyya, 4: 125-144.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 30, w. 55
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ṣntm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ḥājj 2020: 130-134, pl. 1al-Hajj, Mohammed 2020. Ṣūra min makānat al-marʾa fī mamlakat Qatabān fī ḍawʾ nuqūsh musnadiyya jadīda. Majallat jāmiʿat Ḥāʾil li-l-ʿulūm al-insāniyya, 4: 125-144.