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Ja 867 Ry 263; RES 4968; Q 556; CSAI I, 69
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 |
TEXT
1 Ṯwbʾl w-Hwkn w-Rʾbʿm bnw Yṣrʿm bn Wqs² ʿs¹yw ẓrbw w-bny (q)—
2 b(r)-(s¹)m Trs³ w-ms³wd-s¹ w-nfs¹h-s¹yw k(l)-s¹m glm b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṯwbʾl and Hwkn and Rʾbʿm sons of Yṣrʿm of the family of Wqs² made, gained legal possession, and built their 2 grave Trs³ and its hall and its inner rooms all in their entirety, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 171A |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 11, w. 68.8, th. 6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Trs³ |
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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
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 92, pl. VI | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| Jamme 1957 b: 6-7 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1957. Quatre inscriptions sud-arabes. Washington. [Privately printed] |