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Pi. Ḥuṣn al-Wusr Ja 2457; Q 790; CSAI I, 54
Pirenne 1981: pl. XIV
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [M]r[ṯ]dʾl w-(Y)s²fʾl w-Nʿm[g]d ḏtw Ḏrḥn s²ʾmw w-brʾ w-
2 ẓrb byt-s¹m Ygrʾl w-ʾḫṭb-s¹ w-ṣrḥt-s¹ww w-ʾmtʿ-s¹m
3 w-nfs¹hy-s¹m [k]l-[s¹]m glm b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly b-ʿṯtr
4 [w]-ʿm w-ʾnby w-b[... ...] w-Ḥrmn w-b-ḏt Ṣntm w-b
5 [ʾmr]ʾ-s¹m Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm w-ʾḫh-s¹ww ʾmlk Qtbn
| 1 | Rydʾl (Jamme); Nʿmwd (Jamme). |
| 2 | byt-hm Ygrl (Jamme); facsimile reads: ʾḫṭ ḏbs; in the retouched photo: w-s¹rḥs²-s¹ww, ʾmtʿ-ʾḏ. |
| 4 | after ʾnby Jamme integrates: w-Bs²mm Yṯʿn. |
| 5 | ʾḫy-s¹ww (Pirenne). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrṯdʾl and Ys²fʾl and Nʿmgd of the family Ḏrḥn purchased and constructed and 2 gained legal possession of their house Ygrʾl and its lower rooms and its upper rooms and their conduits 3 and their inner rooms all in their entirety, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof; by ʿṯtr 4 and ʿm and ʾnby and by [... ...] and Ḥrmn and by ḏt Ṣntm and by 5 their lords Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm and his brothers, the kings of Qatabān. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥuṣn al-Wuṣr |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Niṣāb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Ygrʾl |
| Notes | The stone is reused in a modern tower. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʾnby is part of the official Qatabanian pantheon. In the inscriptions commemorating the construction of houses by private citizens,
after the mention of the name and of all the parts of the house, the god appears in the fixed expression "according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof".
This phrase decrees the conclusion of works by the will of the god, and the ratification of ownership.
after the mention of the name and of all the parts of the house, the god appears in the fixed expression "according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof".
This phrase decrees the conclusion of works by the will of the god, and the ratification of ownership.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1972: 51-52, pl. 14 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250312. [Privately printed] |
| Pirenne 1981: 229-230, pl. XIV (retouched photo) | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1981. Deux prospections historiques au sud-Yémen. Raydān, 4: 205-248. |