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MQ-Ḥinū az-Zurayr 1 CSAI I, 14
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 | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhrgb bn S²hr mlk Q[tbn w-]
2 kl wld-ʿm w-ʾws¹n w-Kḥd w-Dhs¹m w-T[bnw g]—
3 nʾ w-ʿzz kl gnʾ w-mḥfd w-ṣḥfw w-[... ...]
4 [... ... ]hgrn Hrbt b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b [... ...]
5 [... ...]b ḏt Ṣntm w-b ḏt Ẓhrn[ ... ...]
| 5 | at the end of the line it is possible the integration: w-b ḏt Rḥbn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhrgb son of S²hr king of Qatabān and 2 of all the children of ʿm and of Awsān and of Kḥd and of Dhs¹m and of Tbnw wall- 3 ed and strengthened the whole wall and the towers and the curtains and[... ...] 4 [... ...]the town of Hrbt by ʿm and by ʾnby and by [... ...] 5 by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by ḏt [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 32, w. 69 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This king, who has left also CSAI I, 14=MQ Ḥinū az-Zurayr 1, is never attested as mukarrib, and he bears the title that includes the
territorial possessions but not of the religious offices, as is the rule for texts outside Timnaʿ. This inscription is framed by regal symbols similarly to the earliest
Qatabanic texts.
territorial possessions but not of the religious offices, as is the rule for texts outside Timnaʿ. This inscription is framed by regal symbols similarly to the earliest
Qatabanic texts.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach et al. 2001: 61-62, fig. 36 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |