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MuB 574 CSAI I, 52


By kind permission of Mission Qatabān

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.4
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾmt ḏt Fhdm brʾ—
   2  t w-s¹qḥ byt-s¹ Yʿd

Apparatus
1we are not sure that Fdhm was a name of group as it is attested once as a name of person (see BM 141586).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾmt of the family Fhdm constructed
   2  and completed her house Yʿd.

German

   1  ʾAmat aus der Sippe Fahdum hat
   2  ihr Haus Yaʿūd gebaut und vollendet.
Nebes 2011 b: 382Nebes, Norbert 2011. Altsüdarabische Bauinschriften. Pages 367-387 in Bernd Janowski, Daniel Schwemer and Daniel Arpagaus (eds). Grab-, Sarg-, Bau- und Votivinschriften. Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge. 6. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 574
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27, w. 110
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādi Ḫirr)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādi Ḫirr
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Yʿd
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CULTURAL NOTES

This text is a proof that a woman, the dedicant, can build and be the owner of a house. Her name is also interesting.
Its meaning might be: "the servant (of the god)".

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini et al. 1994: 33, pl. 13/3Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA., Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 1994. Materiali per il Corpus Qatabanico. Raydān, 6: 17-36.