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Pi. Moṣnaʿa Ḥijlān 1A Ja 3182; CSAI I, 63


Pirenne 1981: pl. VII/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

The dating of this text is uncertain. It shows a palaeography which is typical of geographically outlying areas (see the shape of w). Pirenne noted the archaic character of the writing: "le m à courbe et à pointes sur la ligne ou le ḏ à barres obliques, le r presque serpentin".
However, the presence of double names - with the second ones bi-consonantal, which is usual in the late Qatabanic period and in Marginal Qatabanic, the verb s¹ʿs²q and the expression b-rdʾ rule out the possibility of a date in period C for this text.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ġḥymm ḏ-Yʿgf((Yʿlf)) w-Ḏʾbm S²m
   2  s¹ʿs²q w-s¹(ḥ)dṯ byt-s¹ Yḥḍn b—
   3  n s²rs¹m-ʿd frʿm b-rdʾ mrʾ-s¹ Ys²—
   4  [... ...]-s¹n ʿm ḏ-ʿḏ—
   5  btm |

Apparatus
2-3bn s²rs¹m written without word divider.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ġḥymm of the family Yʿlf and Ḏʾbm S²m
   2  excavated and restored his house Yḥḍn from
   3  foundation to top by the support of his lord Ys²-
   4  [ ... ... ] ʿm ḏ-ʿḏ-
   5  btm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Maṣnaʿa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Ḥijlān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Yḥḍn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1981: 212-214, pl. VII/aPirenne, Jacqueline 1981. Deux prospections historiques au sud-Yémen. Raydān, 4: 205-248.
Jamme 1987: 32-33Jamme, Albert W.F. 1987. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250300. [Privately printed]