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MQ-ḏū-Wayn 4


Arbach and Gajda 2002: 302, fig. 6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodC
Start date - BCE/CE77 CE
End date - BCE/CE97 CE
Date accuracyApproximate

GENERAL NOTES

The starting point of the Maḍḥī dating is between 44 and 21 BC (Robin 1998).

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḥẓyn ʾs²—
   2  wʿ ʿyzn Lḥy
   3  b-ʾḏn ʿm |
   4  ts¹ṭr b-ḏ-ʿs²r—
   5  y w-m—
   6  ʾt ḫr—
   7  yftm |

Apparatus
5-7Lines 5-7 are written on the right upper margin of the rock. The m at l. 5, and the ʾ and ḫ at l. 6 are reversed.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥẓyn ʾs²-
   2  wʿ ʿyzn Lḥy.
   3  By the authority of ʿm.
   4  He wrote (this inscription)
   5  in the year one hundred
   6  and twenty.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 21
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Makhnaq (dhī-Wayn)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Bayḍāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Gajda 2002: 301-302, fig. 6Arbach, Mounir and Gajda, Iwona 2002. La plus ancienne inscription sudarabique datée d'après une ère et autres inscriptions rupestres de la région d'al-Bayḍāʾ. Syria, 79: 293-306.
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 6Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
Robin 1998 aRobin, Christian J. 1998. Décompte du temps et souveraineté politique en Arabie méridionale. Pages 121-151 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Hélène Lozachmeur (eds). Proche-Orient ancien. Temps vécu, temps pensé. Actes de la table ronde du 15 novembre 1997 organisée par l'URA 1062 "Etudes Sémitiques". (Antiquités sémitiques, 3). Paris: Jean Maisonneuve.