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MuB 657 CSAI I, 53


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 letters9.5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  Ḥẓrm bn ʾlʿz bn Mrn br(ʾ)
   2  w-s¹wṯr w-s¹tbʿ byt-s¹m Yfʿn b-
   3  rdʾ ʿm ḏ-Dwnm w-ʿm-Ryʿn w-
   4  mnḍḥ byt-s¹m w-b r(dʾ ʾ)ḫ-s¹ww
   5  Ḥẓyrm w-Mʿdʾl b-mrʾ-s¹m S²hr
   6  Ygl Yhrgb mlk Qt(b)n Yfʿn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥẓrm son of ʾlʿz of Mrn constructed
   2  and laid the foundation anf finished their house Yfʿn
   3  through the help of ʿm ḏ-Dwnm and ʿm Ryʿn and the
   4  protectors of their house and through the help of his two brothers
   5  Ḥẓyrm and Mʿdʾl. By their lord S²hr
   6  Ygl Yhrgb king of Qatabān. Yfʿn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 657
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 29
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Yfʿn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 54-55, fig. 13Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.