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  • Editor(s)
    Alessandra Lombardi
    Alessandra Avanzini
  • First published
    2020-07-14
  • Last revised
    2021-02-07
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-10106
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Ḥajj-al-ʿĀdī 58


The figure is rotated 180° with respect to the published image.
al-Hajj 2019: 31, fig. 19
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The figure is rotated 180° with respect to the published image.
al-Hajj 2019: 31, fig. 19
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al-Hajj 2019: 31, fig. 20

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... Ḥ](wkm) w-ʾlhw bytn S²bʿn w-b-rdʾ w-tḥ(rg)[ mrʾ-s¹m]
   2  [S²](mr) [ Yhrʿ](s²) ḏ-Rydn w-b-rdʾ s²ʿb-s¹m ḏ-Mr(y)[mtm ... ...]
   3  [... ... ](w)-(t)qdm w-s¹*h*lk mbrʾ ḏtn ṣwbtn ʿmʾl bn Br[nṭm ... ...]
   4  [... ... ]w-ʿs³bm w-S²yṭm b-ʿṯtr w-ʿm w-b Ḥwkm [... ...]

Apparatus
2The integration of the name of the king is hypothetical.

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] Ḥwkm and gods of the temple S²bʿn, and by the help and the command of [their lord]
   2  [... ...] ḏ-Rydn; and with the help of their tribe ḏ-Mrymtm [... ...]
   3  [... ...] he directed and realized the construction of these parts of the wall: ʿmʾl, of the family Br[nṭm ... ...]
   4  [... ...] and ʿs³bm and S²yṭm; by ʿṯtr, ʿmm and by Ḥwkm [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Hajj 2019: 30-31, figs 19-20al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2019. History of Maryamah Town (Hajar- al- ʿAdī) in Wādī Ḥarīb in the Light of Its Musnad Inscriptions (7th Century BC – 3rd Century AD). Adūmātū, 40: 7-40.