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Ja 2888


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Ydʿʾb Ġyln mlk Ḥ—
   2  ḍrmt bn Ġyln br—
   3  ʾ w-s¹qḥ w-s¹s²qr gn—
   4  ʾ hgr-s¹ ḏ-Ġylm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ydʿʾb Ġyln, king of
   2  Ḥaḍramawt, ibn Ġyln, constructed,
   3  finished and completed the city wall
   4  of his town ḏ-Ġylm.
2-4"has built and readied and covered the enclosure wall" (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Ibn Ḥumayd
Ancient siteḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
Notes"A stone of red granite about 10 m above ground level at the eastern edge of the northern wall of Ḥusn al-Ḫuẓîri (southwest of Hajar bin Ḥumeid on the western side of Wādî Beiḥân), which belonged in 1950 to ʿAbdallah Jaḥânat" (Jamme).
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CULTURAL NOTES

The king of Ḥaḍramawt wrote the inscription in Hajar ibn Ḥumayd, the latest capital of Qatabān, after he annexed this kingdom.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1979: 100, pl. k (illegible photo)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed]