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RES 4094 Ja 116; Q 112; CSAI I, 40


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 a: 25-27, fig.8

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB2. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

The divine onomastics is a good element to try to date this text. The gods bearing a double name, and rich in epithets begin to be attested from the end of the B2 Period and, later, in the C Period.

TEXT

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   1  [..]dm bn ʾlwhb w-ʾbʿm bn S²hrm ḏw Ṭdʾm tqdm[w w-s¹h]—
   2  [l]k k[l] ʿs²q w-mbny bytn Yfs² (l)-Rbs² w-ʾhln w-S²ms¹-Rbs²[ b-]
   3  m(rʾ)-(s¹)my Y(d)ʿʾ[b Ḏby]n w-bn-hw S²hrm mlkw Q[tb]n b-ʿ[ṯ]—
   4  tr w-b ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b ḏt Ṣntm w-b ḏt Ẓh(r)n (w)-
   5  [b R]bs² w-ʾhln

Apparatus
2bytn Yfs² Mbs² w-ʾhln (RES).
2-3it is also possible: [b-ʾ]mrʾ-s¹my.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [..]dm son of ʾlwhb and ʾbʿm son of S²hrm of the family Ṭdʾm directed and realized
   2  all the cutting (of stones) and construction of the house Yfs² for Rbs² and ʾhln and S²ms¹ Rbs²; by
   3  their lord Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn and his son S²hrm, the two kings of Qatabān; by ʿṯ-
   4  tr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and
   5  by Rbs² and ʾhln.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, AM 60.1282
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22, w. 42.8, th. 9.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house of Yfs²
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 a: 25-27, fig. 8Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1932. Altsüdarabische Inschriften. Orientalia, 1: 24-33.
Jamme 1952 b: 135-136Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137.