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MuB 589 CSAI I, 210


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 letters5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

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   1  (S²h)r Ygl Yhrgb mlk Q(t)[bn ... ... ʾ]—
   2  mntw S³ḥrm ʿmkrb ḏ-R[... ... Md]—
   3  rrm w-Ḏrḥn bn Ḥḍrm [... ...]—
   4  y ḏ-bhṯ mrḥbm w-ḏ-ʿ(m)[... ... ... ...]—
   5  ḥ ms³wdn Lḥgm bn [... ...]
   6  ny[.]ʿm (r)[... ...]

Apparatus
4-5we could integrate [s¹q]ḥ.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²hr Ygl Yhrgb king of Qatabān [... ...]
   2  the servants of (the god) S³ḥrm ʿmkrb ḏ-R[... ...] Md-
   3  rrm and Ḏrḥn of the family Ḥḍrm [... ...]
   4  who can enlarge the space and [... ...]
   5  the hall Lḥgm [... ...]
   6  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 589
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 37, w. 43
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 52-54, fig. 12Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.