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ʿAqabat Buraʿ 1


Gajda, al-Hajj and Schiettecatte 2009: 177-178, figs 4-6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB1
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn bn S²hr mkrb Qtbn w-kl wld-ʿm w-ʾws¹n
   2  w-Kḥd w-Dhs¹m w-Tbnw w-kl Yrfʾ ʾs²ʾm-s¹ [w-ʾym]n-s¹ bkr ʾ—
   3  nby w-Ḥwkm ḏ-ʾmr w-S²mr qẓr qyn r[s²w ]ʿmm((ʿmm)) s³ḥr w-rby ʿ—
   4  m Ryʿn bʿl ẓrbt ltk[ b-ḏ]bḥtm w-b-ʿm ʾḍfrm b-byt Qn—
   5  y Hwrn bny w-wzl w-brr mnqln Brʿm b-mns²ʾ Mḍḥym b-ʿṯt—
   6  r w-b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b-ḏt Ṣntm w-b-ḏt Ẓhrn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhnʿm, son of S²hr, mukarrib of Qatabān and of all the children of ʿm and of Awsān,
   2  Kḥd, Dhs¹m and Tbnw and of all the Yrfʿ, those of the north and those of the south, first-born of
   3  ʾnby and Ḥwkm, the one of ʾmr and S²mr, qyn, Official, Priest of ʿmm (or, great Priest), Wizard and Priest of
   4  ʿm Ryʿn, Lord of land properties, in charge of sacrifices and of animals (for sacrifices) in the temple of Qny
   5  Hwrn constructed, smoothed and opened up the Brʿm pass, with the mobilization of Mḍḥym. By ʿṯ-
   6  tr, ʿm, ʾnby, ḏt Ṣntm and ḏt Ẓhrn.
The king's titles are translated in a slightly different way by the editors: "he who orders and decrees, the tax collector, admnistrator, eponymous priest ...in charge of sacrifices and with ... (?)".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsh. 29, w. 94
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteʿAqaba Buraʿ
Ancient siteBrʿm
Geographical areaal-Bayḍāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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CULTURAL NOTES

The inscription comes from the region of al-Bayḍāʾ in the southern part of the Yemeni plateau. Inside the long title of the Qatabanian mukarrib is inserted the name of the region of Yrfʾ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gajda, al-Hajj and Schiettecatte 2009: 166-168, figs 5-6Gajda, Iwona, al-Hajj, Khaled and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2009. Two inscriptions commemorating the construction of a mountain pass, by Ydaʿʾab Dhubyān son of Shahr mukarrib of Qatabān, and by the qayls of the Maḍḥī tribe. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 32: 165-181.