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RES 4330 Q 178; CSAI I, 29
Bāfaqīh 2001: 10-12, photo
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Copy of the inscription in Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, S.E. 99. |
TEXT
1 Nbṭʿm bn Yqhmlk ḏ-Ḏrʾn [s¹]ʿs²q w-mḫḍ nqzn b-ḫṭm (ʿ)rn
2 ḏ-Mwẓdm l-ʾrḍ-s¹ ḏ-Drʿt w-ḏ-ʾ[ṯ]rt w-rṯd-hw ʿṯtr w-ʿm ḏ-S²qr w-
3 Ḥwkm w-ḏt Rḥbn l-hw w-l wld-hw w-ḏ-ʿḏr-hw b-ʿṯtr w-b ʿm w-b
4 ʿm ḏ-S²qr w-b ʾnby w-b Ḥwkm w-b ḏt Rḥbn w-b-S²hr Hll w-bn-hw
5 Nbṭʿm mlkw Qtbn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nbṭʿm son of Yqḥmlk of the family Ḏrʾn did cut and dig the excavation along the boundary of the mountain 2 of Mwẓdm for his territory that of Drʿt and that of ʾṯrt, and he has committed it to the protection of ʿṯtr and ʿm ḏ-S²qr and 3 Ḥwkm and ḏt Rḥbn for himself and his son and his successors; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by 4 ʿm ḏ-S²qr and by ʾnby and by Ḥwkm and by ḏt Rḥbn and by S²hr Hll and his son 5 Nbṭʿm, the two kings of Qatabān. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Dimensions | h. 26, w. 105 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | This inscription was engraved on the same wall as RES 4333=CSAI I, 30 and Ry 387=CSAI I, 32 (see Bāfaqīh 2001: 10-12). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 2001: 10-12, photo | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 2001. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt 2. Raydān, 7: 10-28. [Arabic section] |