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MQ-HK 9 CSAI I, 13
By kind permission of Mission Qatabān
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʾlkrb bn Lḥyʿṯt ḏ-Ygr ʿs¹y ẓrb bny s¹ḥdṯ[ by]—
2 t-hw Yʿd w-ʾḫṭb-hw w-ṣrḥt-hw w-gnʾy-hw w-kl nfs¹(h)-[s¹]—
3 ww glm b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly w-mtʿ-hw bn bʾr Ry[.—
4 .](n) b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b ḏt Ṣntm w-b ḏt Ẓhrn w-b Yd[ʿ]—
5 ʾb Ḏbyn Yhrgb mlk Qtbn w-b bn-hw Hwfʿṯt |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlkrb son of Lḥyʿṯt of the family Ygr made, gained legal possession, built, restored 2 his house Yʿd and its lower rooms and its upper rooms and its walls and all its inner rooms 3 in its entirety according to the orders of ʾnby and let there be no violation thereof; and he furnished it with the well of Ry[.]- 4 [.]n; by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by Yd- 5 ʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhrgb king of Qatabān and by his son Hwfʿṯt. |
| 3 | mtʿ was translated in Avanzini 2004 a: 61 with a noun "conduct". Now, it seems better to translate with a verb. The translation "to furnish" is based on the meaning of the verb mattaʿa in Arabic. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 24, w. 79 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Yʿd |
| 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.
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.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 67-68, fig. 42 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |