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MQ-Maqṣara al-Abraq 1 CSAI I, 49


Arbach et al. 2001: 98, fig.44

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.2
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

According to the editors, lines 1-4 correspond to RES 3537.

TEXT

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   1  S²hr Ygl Yhrgb bn Hwfʿm
   2  Yhnʿm (ml)k Qtbn mḫḍ w-hnql
   3  kl ʿs²(q)[... ... ]l nqbn Ys¹rm b-nḫ—
   4  l-s¹ Hr[.]( b)-s¹rn Ṯmdm w-hbrʾ s²—
   5  ṣnn ḏ-S¹lfnyw b-ʾmr ʿm w-s¹b—
   6  rʾ mḥrm ʿm ḏ-Qrqrm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²hr Ygl Yhrgb son of Hwfʿm
   2  Yhnʿm king of Qatabān hewed out and ordered to cut
   3  all the cutting (of stones) [... ...] of the canal Ys¹rm in his palm-
   4  grove Hr[.] in the wadi Ṯmdm and ordered to construct
   5  the dam ḏ-S¹lfnyw according at the behest of ʿm and ordered to
   6  construct the temple of ʿm ḏ-Qrqrm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsh. 43.5 (MQ-Maqṣara al-Abraq 1 and 2), w. 51
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaqṣara al-Abraq
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 70-71, fig. 44Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.