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CIAS 47.11/o 1 Q 241; CSAI I, 124
CIAS: i, 127
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central 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 | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rṯdʾl bn Mtʿm bn S²ḥ—
2 z s¹qny w-frʿ l-ʿm ḏ-Rbḥ—
3 w w-Nʿmyn s²mry mwgln
4 ywm qẓr b-mrʾ-s¹ S²hr
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯdʾl, son of Mtʿm, of the family S²ḥ- 2 z dedicated and offered to ʿm ḏ-Rbḥ- 3 w and to Nʿmyn this two alabaster cultual items 4 when he was Collector; by his lord S²hr. |
| 3 | s²mry is a dual substantive with the ending -y, regular at the accusative case. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 21124 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 43, w. 29, th. 5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿm ḏ-Rbḥw |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
From this text we may deduce that religious offices were often the heritage of prominent, rich families, and could be held by both men and women of the family group. The dedicant who has left this slab of finely engraved alabaster was the husband of the famous "Lady Brʾt" who commissioned the splendid statuette in bronze CIAS 47.11/o 1=CSAI I, 124.
The couple lived during the reign of S²hr Ygl Yhrgb and his son Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm, and both of them held the post of "Collector" of the god.
The couple lived during the reign of S²hr Ygl Yhrgb and his son Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm, and both of them held the post of "Collector" of the god.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 125-129, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Lundin 1979: 107-119, photo | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1979. L'inscription qatabanite du Louvre AO 21.124. Raydān, 2: 107-119. |
| Jamme 1982: 59-62 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1982. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250303. [Privately printed] |
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 187-188, photo | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |