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MuB 554 CSAI I, 147


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [ʾ](h)rbn ḥwr hgrn (Ẓ)[fr]
   2  s¹qnyw ʾṯrt ʿd mḥ(r)[m-s¹]
   3  |Ys¹l b-hgrn Hrbt ṣ[lm ... ...]
   4  [... ...]

Apparatus
1in Ry 497,1: s²ʿbn ʾhrbn.
4editors read [... ...]bm [.]b[... ...].

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] of Hrbt, inhabitants of the town of Ẓfr,
   2  dedicated to ʾṯrt in Her temple of
   3  Ys¹l in the town of Hrbt a statue [... ...]
   4  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 554
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 28, w. 31
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤinū az-Zurayr
Ancient siteHrbt
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾṯrt ḏt Ys¹l
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CULTURAL NOTES

ʾṯrt is the main god of Ḥinū az-Zurayr, where she is worshipped in the sanctuary of Ys¹l. She also has a temple called Qbln in the capital of Qataban (MuB 539=CSAI I, 145).
ʾṯrt bʿl Mhnn is attested in the region of Ḫudrāʾ (Aylward 2=CSAI I, 123). This goddess often has masculine epithets, as she is called "god" and "master".

Members of the tribe Hrbt are living in Ẓafār, see Ry 497.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 49-50, fig. 9Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.