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YMN 15 CSAI II, 10
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿm bn Qḥlwm brʾ w-s¹ʿs²q w-nkl w-qyḥ w-nqb
2 bʾr-hw ʾmhrth wyn-hw Brkn w-nḫl-hw Rbṯ
3 tḥt-n wynn b-bḍʿ Qnʾtm b-rdʾ ʿm ḏ-Mb[r]—
4 qm w-ʿm ḏ-Mnḫm w-ʾlh-s¹ww w-b-rdʾ S²ms¹-h
5 wrḫ Ṣyd ḫrf Hwfʿt bn ʿmln qdmn
| 1 | ʿAbdallāh and Avanzini read nʾy; nkl is proposed by Robin (personal communication). |
| 2 | Robin also suggests to read bʾr-hw ʾmhrt l-wyn-hw. |
| 2-3 | Mbqm (Avanzini). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿm he of Qḥlwm constructed, did cut, finished off, completed, excavated 2 his well ʾmhrth and his vineyard Brkn and his palmgrove Rbṯ 3 below this vineyard in the territory of Qnʾtm with the help of ʿm ḏ-Mbr- 4 qm and ʿm ḏ-Mnḫm and His gods and with help of his S²ms¹ 5 in the month Ṣyd in the first year of Hwfʿt son of ʿmln. |
| 1 | "constructed, did cut, separated" (Avanzini). The verb nʾy is related to the SAB word nwy. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 520 | Avanzini, 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 type | Stone piece |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Biʾr al-ʿAyl (wādī Ḥawrān) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Qāniya |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Well ʾmhrth |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAbdallāh 1988 b: 250-260 | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1988. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Al-ʾIklīl, 6/3: 250-260. |