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Ja 2470 Q 803; CSAI I, 47


Bron 1992: 19

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  Hwfʿm ḏ-Mḥḍrm w-bn Qḥlwm w-Whbʾl |
   2  bn Yhṣbḥ w-Zydʾl ḏ-Ḏrʾn tqdmw w-s¹ʿ—
   3  (s²q) w-s¹hlk (l)-[ḏ](t) Ẓhrn w-S¹fly kl ʿs²q |
   4  [... ...] y(w)m kwnw mʿhd S¹—
   5  [fly ... ...]

Apparatus
3S¹fly could be a name of group. In Qatabanic is attested the name of group S¹flyn.
4-5Bron's integration.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hwfʿm ḏ-Mḥḍrm and of Qḥlwm and Whbʾl
   2  of Yhṣbḥ and Zydʾl ḏ-Ḏrʾn directed and cut
   3  and realized for ḏt Ẓhrn and S¹fly the whole cutting (of stones)
   4  [ ... ... ] when they were functionaries of S¹-
   5  fly [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1972: 54-55, pl. 15 (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250312. [Privately printed]
Bron 1992: 19, photoBron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.