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Ja 331 TC F; VL 40; Q 478; CSAI I, 65
Jamme 1952 a: pl. XXVI
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 |
| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription, on the basis of palaeography only, can be dated in the period B. |
TEXT
1 Ṣbḥk[r]b ḏ-Nʿmn ʿs¹y ẓrb qbr-s¹
2 Gwr glm b-ḥg w-mqdm ʾnby
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣbḥkrb ḏ-Nʿmn, made and gained legal possession of his grave 2 Gwr in its entirety, according to the orders and the command of ʾnby. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 42.5, w. 91, th. 33 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Gwr |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʾnby is part of the official Qatabanian pantheon. Similarly to texts for house construction, also in grave construction texts the god appears in the fixed expression "according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof".
These texts, also, commemorate the name of the tomb and enumerate its parts, which have the same names as the parts of a house.
Even more than for the texts of the construction of a house, it was crucial for these to decree the ownership of the grave and establish who had the right to be buried there.
These texts, also, commemorate the name of the tomb and enumerate its parts, which have the same names as the parts of a house.
Even more than for the texts of the construction of a house, it was crucial for these to decree the ownership of the grave and establish who had the right to be buried there.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 171-172, pl. XXVI/b | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |