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Ja 2898 CSAI II, 6; Ḥajj-al-ʿĀdī 62


Jamme 1981: pl. 1
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Jamme 1981: pl. 1
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al-Hajj 2019: 29, figs 15-16

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters58
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

The dating of the text is sure for the mention of the king Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm: middle of the 1st century CE.

TEXT

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   1  s²ʿbn ḏ-Mrymtm ḥwr hgrn Ẓfr (b)—
   2  (rʾw w)-(s¹qs²b) mrs³ʿt mḥfd-s¹m Yrdʿ w-
   3  (s¹qfm )(Ṣrbt)( bn mṯbm ṯ)wbw l-ʾl-s¹m Ḥ—
   4  (wkm) b-rdʾ w-tḥrg mrʾ-s¹m Krbʾl W—
   5  tr Yhnʿm mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  The tribe ḏ-Mrymtm inhabitant of the town of Ẓafār
   2  constructed and made the construction of their tower Yrdʿ and
   3  a portico Ṣrbt by means of the offerings they offered to their god Ḥ-
   4  wkm; by the help and the command of their lord Krbʾl W-
   5  tr Yhnʿm king of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān.
Avanzini 2004 a: 518Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 42, w. 95
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Yrdʿ, Ṣrbt
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1981: 98-99, pl. 1Jamme, Albert W.F. 1981. Pre-islamic Arabian Miscellanea. Pages 95-112 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität.
al-Hajj 2019: 28-29, figs 15-16al-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.