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MuB 659 CSAI I, 17


Bāfaqīh 1994 a: fig. 23

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB1. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

The text is palaeographically shabby - which is a features of texts coming from outlying districts - and shows certain characters of period D.
However, the presence of the form mbny is a clear pointer for dating the text at period B.

TEXT

marker


   1  Hwfʿm bn M—
   2  qnʿm bn Ṯgr
   3  (ḫ)dm tḥrg{g}w
   4  w-mbny ḫlfn Y—
   5  s²bm w-gnʾ s²d—
   6  wn ʾbltm r—
   7  dʾ ʾrb(ʿ)n k—
   8  s³wtn ḏty |
   9  s²ʾm w-ymn ḫ—
  10  lfn Ys²bm b-
  11  [m](r)ʾ-s¹ Ydʿʾ[b]

Apparatus
3CSAI: [q]dm.
3"À la ligne 3, le rāʾ de tḥrgww surcharge un jīm" (Robin 2013: 123).
4w-mbny is the reading accepted by all the previous editors, but we can read l-mbny.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hwfʿm son of M-
   2  qnʿm of the family Ṯgr
   3  directed the executions
   4  and the construction of the gate Y-
   5  s²bm and of the wall of the cita-
   6  del of ʾbltm; he
   7  contributed by means of four
   8  slabs the ones of the
   9  left and the right side of the ga-
  10  te Ys²bm; by
  11  his lord Ydʿʾb.
6-10"il a fait don des quatre ks³wt (unité de surface) au nord et au sud (ou: à droite et à gauche) de la porte" (Robin 2013: 124).
Robin 2013Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 659
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 36, w. 16, th. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
NotesThe inscription was probably inserted in the same architectural structure mentioned in the text. If so, it comes from Luḫayḍar, modern name of the ancient ʾbltm (see RES 3551=CSAI I, 150).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bāfaqīh 1994 a: 6-9, 23, photoBāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt. Raydān, 6: 6-26. [Arabic section]
Bron 1997: 92-94Bron, François 1997. Notes d'épigraphie sudarabiques. II. Semitica, 47: 89-96.
Robin 2013: 123-124, fig. 1Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.