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RES 4932 Ry 216; Q 203; CSAI I, 31


Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXIII/d

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodB1
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

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   1  S²hr Ġyln bn ʾbs²bm mlk Qtbn bny w-s¹(ḥ)[dṯ l-ʿṯtr Nwf]—
   2  n w-ʾlhw S¹qmtm bytn Byḥn w-ḫṭb-s¹ w-ms³wd-s¹ w-ṣ[rḥt-s¹]
   3  bn s²rs¹m ʿd frʿm ywm rdʾ ʿṯtr w-ʾlhw S¹qmtm S²hr-Ġ[yln]
   4  mḫḍ Ḥḍrmt w-ʾmrm w-l yḥr ḏn bytn Byḥn w-ḫṭb-s¹ rbym
   5  w-rbytm b-yrby ʿṯtr Nwfn b-ʿṯtr w-b ʿm w-b ʾnby
   6  w-b ḏt Ṣntm w-b ḏt Ẓhrn

Apparatus
1l-ʿṯtr (Robin 1987 a: 172) instead of b-rdʾ ʿṯtr (RES).
2S¹qmtm is unattested elsewhere and could also refer to a territory.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²hr Ġyln, son of ʾbs²bm, king of Qatabān, built and restored for ʿṯtr Nwf-
   2  n and the gods of S¹qmtm the temple Byḥn and its lower room and its hall and its upper room
   3  from foundation to top when ʿṯtr and the gods of S¹qmtm helped S²hr Ġyln
   4  in the defeat of the Ḥaḍramawt and Amīr and may any priest and priestess stay in this temple Byḥn and in its lower room,
   5  the priest and the priestess that ʿṯtr Nwfn ordains priests; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby
   6  and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn.
4-5"et que soit établi ce temple Bayḥān et sa substructure en application (?) et en soin, qu'assure ʿAthtar" (RES).
5The translation from rbym to Nwfm is in Mazzini 2020: 151.
Mazzini 2020: 151Mazzini, 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 typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Byḥn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 66-67, pl. IIIRyckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112.
Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXIII/dPirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.
Wissmann 1968: 22Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
Robin 1987 aRobin, Christian J. 1987. Trois inscriptions sabéennes découvertes près de Barāqish (République Arabe du Yemen). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 17: 165-177.