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Doe 7 CSAI I, 8
Beeston 1988: 9, photo
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 | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Rʾbm [.]lhn bn Ḏrʾkrb bn Bḥ(y)[... ...]
2 Yl[... ...] bny byt-hw (W)ṯʿn w-ms³wd-hw w-
3 ḫṭb-hw w-ṣrḥty-hw w-gnʾy-hw [... ...]
4 bn s²rs¹m ʿd frʿm glm b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl
5 tʿly w-rṯd-hw ʿm w-ʾnby w-ʾmlk Qtbn
6 [l-]hw w-l wld-hw w-ḏ-ʿḏ(r)-(h)w bn mhnkrm b-
7 [ʿm w-]b ʾnby w-b mrʾy-hw S²hr Hll w-Ḏmrʿly
| 1 | possible integration: ʾlhn and Bḥ(y)[r]m. |
| 2 | Beeston integrates Yl[yrb]; that is probably a name of group. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rʾbm [.]lhn son of Ḏrʾkrb of the family Bḥ(y)[... ... and] 2 Yl[...] built his house Wṯʿn and its hall and 3 its lower room and its upper rooms and its walls [... ...] 4 from foundation to top in its entirety, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be 5 no violation thereof; he has committed it to the protection of ʿm and ʾnby and of the kings of Qatabān 6 for himself and his son and his successors against everyone who may damage it; by 7 ʿm and by ʾnby and by his two lords S²hr Hll and Ḏmrʿly. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Wṯʿn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʾnby is part of the official Qatabanian pantheon. In the inscriptions commemorating the construction of houses by private citizens, after the mention of the name and of all the parts of the house, the god appears in the fixed expression "according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof".
This phrase decrees the conclusion of works by the will of the god, and the ratification of ownership.
This phrase decrees the conclusion of works by the will of the god, and the ratification of ownership.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1988: 8-10, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1988. Miscellaneous Epigraphic Notes II. Raydān, 5: 5-31. |