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RES 3962 Q 99; CSAI I, 56
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 [... ...]—
2 brm s²ʾm w-qny w-brʾ w-
3 ẓrb byt-s¹ Mrdʿm w-ʾḫ—
4 ṭb-s¹ w-ṣrḥt-s¹ww w-ʾmtʿ-s¹—
5 m w-nfs¹hy-s¹m w-ms²qṣ-s¹m kl-
6 s¹m glm b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl t—
7 ʿly b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b-ʿm-Ry—
8 ʿm w-b-ḏt Ṣntm w-b mrʾ-s¹ Y—
9 [dʿ]ʾb Ynf Yhnʿm mlk Qtbn w-
10 [... ...]
| 2 | brm is probably the end of a proper name. |
| 4-5 | RES reads ʾmtʿmm instead of ʾmtʿ-s¹m |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 brm purchased and owned and constructed and 3 gained legal possession of his house Mrdʿm and its lower 4 rooms and its upper rooms and its conduits 5 and their inner rooms and their ms²qṣ (little room) all 6 in its entirety, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be 7 no violation thereof; by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ʿm Ry- 8 ʿm and by ḏt Ṣntm and by his lord Y- 9 dʿʾb Ynf Yhnʿm king of Qatabān and 10 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Mrdʿm |
| 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.