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Rb I/84 no. 198a-f
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Qn]yʾl bn S³(r)t(m)m s¹[qny ḏt Ḥm]—
2 [y]m bḥ(t)hn w-bn-mw Qny[ʾl l-s³twr ḏw]
3 ynṣf (ḏ)-yḍl ʾlrʿd w[... ... ]—
4 m k-ḍʾ±l ʾlrʿd w-yrʿd h-s³-ʿmr w-
5 ḏw yn(ġ)±m bn ftḥ tftḥ-s¹ ʾlrʿd w-s¹(w)
6 nġm bn ±ftḥ ftḥt-s¹ ʿm-s²wʿt-s¹ w-t(ḍ)—
7 ʾ b-ʾḏn ḏt Ḥmym nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾ±ḏn-s¹ [w-]
8 rʾb-s¹ rʾb-s³ ḏ-ynʿm
| 2 | The integration of l-s³twr follows Rb I/84 n. 197a-e/3; ḏw instead of ḏ is based on line 5 and on Rb I/84 n. 197a-e/3. |
| 3 | The y of the verb yḍl is written on the word separator. |
| 4 | h-s³-ʿmr following Multhoff. Frantsouzoff reads h-S³ʿmr, the latter as a proper name, possibly referring to the author's wife. |
| 7 | The integration of w is based on the formularies of these inscriptions. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Qnyʾl son of S³rtmm dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmym 2 the covering slab, and may it be far from Qnyʾl 3 that he may do something that offends ʾlrʿd and [... ...]., 4 as he offended ʾlrʿd and then he ? her ?, 5 and (may it be far from him) that he may rebel against the orders ʾlrʿd may order him, and (i.e.: because) 6 he rebelled against the orders she had ordered him with his wife; and he placed 7 under the will of ḏt-Ḥmym his life, his faculties and 8 his offering, as offering for Her which is favourable. |
| 2 | For the translation of bḥt and the (y)s³twr formula, see Raybūn-Kafas/Naʿmān 148. |
| 2-6 | Translation following Prioletta. For the phrase w-yrʿd h-s³-ʿmr, Multhoff's reading has been accepted, although the passage is still semantically obscure. |
| 2-4, 5-6 | "Und von Qnʾl möge es (fürderhin) fern sein, daß er befiehlt (?), was ʾlrʿd verargert (?) und [...] daß er ʾlrʿd verärgert hat (?)"; "Und (von Qnʾl möge es weiterhin fern sein,) daß er dem Befehl, welchen ʾlrʿd ihm erteilen wird, (noch einmal) widerspricht, er hat aber (bereits zuvor) dem Befehl, welchen sie ihm erteilt hatte, widersprochen" (Multhoff). |
| Multhoff 2010 b: 52-53, fn. 200 | Multhoff, Anne 2010. tfʿl/ftʿl − Die verbalen T-Stämme im Altsüdarabischen. Folia Orientalia, 47: 20-69. |
| Prioletta 2014 b: 106 | Prioletta, Alessia 2014. Towards a Ḥaḍramitic lexicon: lexical notes on terms relating to the formulary and rituals in expiatory inscriptions. Pages 101-110 in Orhan Elmaz and Janet C. E. Watson (eds). Languages of Southern Arabia. Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 27 July 2013.. Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. (Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies). Oxford: Archaeopress. |
| English | |
1 Qnyʾl, son of S³rtmm, dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmy- 2 m the (votive) phallus and from Qnyʾl may be removed (remitted) that 3 he was performing as rites something that was misleading ʾlrʿd and [....] 4 when he offended ʾlrʿd, and he was threatening S³ʿmr, and 5 that he was taking part in family quarrels because of the regulation that ʾlrʿd was imposing on him and pro- 6 voked the family quarrel because of the regulation that she imposed on him in favour of his spouse and he pla- 7 ced under the will of ḏt-Ḥmym his soul and his will and by 8 his reconciliation the reconciliation with her which let be favourable. |
| Frantsouzoff 1997 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1997. Regulation of conjugal relations in ancient Raybūn. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 27: 113-127. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 84.7, w. 58.3 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Raybūn |
| Ancient site | Rybn [oasis] |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏt Ḥmym ḏt Rḥbn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 1997: 118-122, figs 3-6 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1997. Regulation of conjugal relations in ancient Raybūn. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 27: 113-127. |
| Frantsouzoff 1999 b: 153, photo | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 1999. Die Frau im antiken Südarabien. Pages 151-169 in Werner Daum, Walter W. Müller, Norbert Nebes and Walter Raunig (eds). Im Land der Königin von Saba. Kunstschätze aus dem antiken Jemen. 7. Juli 1999-9. Januar 2000. Staatlichen Museum für Völkerkunde München. Germering: I.P. Verlagsgesellschaft / Munich: I.P. Verlagsgesellschaft. |
| Multhoff 2010 b: 52-53 (fn. 200), 64 (fn. 277) | Multhoff, Anne 2010. tfʿl/ftʿl − Die verbalen T-Stämme im Altsüdarabischen. Folia Orientalia, 47: 20-69. |