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Ja 2473 Ja 341(TC 1174)+VL C 61; Q 806; CSAI I, 118
Cleveland 1965: pl. 85; Jamme 1972: pl. 16 (facsimile)
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Since this inscription is palaeographically similar to Phillips-Korotayev, Hwfʿm Yhnʿm may be the same king. |
TEXT
1 S¹knm w-Ys²rḥʿm bnw (ʾ)[lw]±hb ḏ-Ṭdʾm s¹qnyw ʾnby
2 S²ymn ʿd Rṣfm ṣlmy ḏ[h]±bn b-ḏtm tkrb-s¹ rṯdw ʾ—
3 nby ʾnfs¹-s¹my w-ʾʾḏn-s¹my ± w-bny-s¹my ʾlwhb w-ʿmkrb
4 w-kl ʾwld-s¹my w-ʾqny-s¹my ± b-ʿṯtr w-b ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b
5 [ḏt Ṣ](nt)m w-b-ḏt Ẓhrn w-b-(m)[rʾ]-±hmy Hwfʿm Yhnʿm mlk
6 [Qt]bn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹knm and Ys²rḥʿm the sons of ʾlwhb ḏ-Ṭdʾm dedicated to ʾnby 2 S²ymn in Rṣfm two bronze statues as he asked Him. They both have committed to the protection of ʾ- 3 nby their lives and their faculties and their two sons ʾlwhb and ʿmkrb 4 and all their childern and their properties; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by 5 ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by their lord Hwfʿm Yhnʿm king 6 of Qatabān. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 14.8, w. 20.2, th. 7.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn bʿl Rṣfm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʾnby was part of the official Qatabanian pantheon.
In Timnaʿ ʾnby with his epithet S²ymn was worshipped in the sanctuary of Rṣfm, located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis.
In Timnaʿ ʾnby with his epithet S²ymn was worshipped in the sanctuary of Rṣfm, located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 183-184 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |
| Cleveland 1965: 96-97, pl. 85 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Jamme 1972: 55-56, pl. 16, facsimile | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250312. [Privately printed] |