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RES 4931 Ry 215; Q 202; CSAI I, 213


Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 65-66, pl. IV

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription shows some parallels with the inscription RES 3879=CSAI I, 211.

TEXT

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   1  [... ... Ydʿʾb mlk Q]tbn ḥgr w-s¹ḥrm ḥrmn ʿṣ—
   2  [m ʿṣm ... ...] w-ḏtw tḥrgn ʾs¹dm ys³mk bn t—
   3  [... ...]n bn-ḏw s¹ts²ʿm w-s¹ts³mkm bn Qtbn w-
   4  [... ... m]n-ḏm b-yṯfṭ w-ḥrg Ydʿʾb w-mn-ḏm b—
   5  [... ...]nn w-bḏl w-flṭ nfs¹-s¹ w-qny-s¹ l-Ydʿ—
   6  [ʾb ... ...](ḫ)rf Hwfʿṯt ḏ-Byḥn ʾḫrn w-tʿlm-ʾy
   7  [yd] Ydʿʾb

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... Ydʿʾb] king of Qataban prohibited and and applied an interdiction as a protective bond
   2  [which links the king Ydʿʾb] and those of authority with the people/person who rise/s from
   3  [... ...] against being hostile and rising against (?) Qataban
   4  [... ...] whoever Ydʿʾb orders and commands and whoever
   5  [contravenes the ordinance of this prohibition and interdiction (?)] then he gives and assigns his life and his possessions to Ydʿ-
   6  ʾb [... ...] the last year of Hwfʿṯt ḏ-Byḥn and the signature
   7  (was made by) the hand of Ydʿʾb.
Mazzini 2020: 353Mazzini, Giovanni 2020. The Ancient South Arabian royal edicts from the Southern Gate of Timnaʿ and the Ǧabal Labaḫ. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 8).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Gate
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City gate ḏ-S³dw
NotesThe inscription was originally located within the southern gate of Timnaʿ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 65-66, pl. IVRyckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112.
Mazzini 2020: 353-356, 358-360, 370-373, fig. 37Mazzini, Giovanni 2020. The Ancient South Arabian royal edicts from the Southern Gate of Timnaʿ and the Ǧabal Labaḫ. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 8).