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VL 1 Q 898; CSAI I, 121
al-Ghūl 1959 a: 1-22, pl. 1
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 | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Previously loaned to the British Museum, the object was then returned to van Lessen. |
TEXT
1 ywm ḥrg-s¹ mrʾ-s¹ Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn bn S²hr Ġyln |
2 Ṣḥwm bn Yʾzl ḏ-Krs¹ s¹qny |
3 ʿm ḏ-Dymtm bḥt mrtn b-ḏtm
4 s¹wfy ʿm ʿbd-s¹ Ṣḥwm b-tḥrg
5 ʾmrʾ-s¹ S²hr Ygl w-bn-s¹ Ydʿʾb Y—
6 hnʿm w-S²hr Hll w-bn-s¹ Ydʿʾb Y—
7 gl ʾmlk Qtbn w-ʾmrʾ-s¹ rs²ww y—
8 wm drf w-ntṣf b-mrs²wmyw ʾrb—
9 [ʿ]t w-ḫms¹y ḫrwf s¹tlwt rṯd ʿm
10 [nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn]-s¹ w-bn-s¹ww S²krʿm w-
11 [... ...]-s¹ Ys²rḥʿm Yʾzl
12 [... ...]ʿly w-Yṣr—
13 [... ...]
| 1 | on the basis of palaeography, the first line is more ancient than the lines below, and probably belongs to another text written above this inscription. |
| 11 | [w-ʾḫhy]-s¹ (Ghul). |
| 12-13 | Yṣr[ʿm] (Ghul). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 when his lord Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn son of S²hr Ġyln commanded him. 2 Ṣḥwm, son of Yʾzl, from the family of Krs¹ dedicated 3 to ʿm ḏ-Dymtm a limestone slab as 4 ʿm protected his servant Ṣḥwm under the command 5 of his lords S²hr Ygl and his son Ydʿʾb Y- 6 hnʿm and S²hr Hll and his son Ydʿʾb Y- 7 gl, kings of Qatabān - and his lords were priests 8 while he was in charge of the rites during two priesthoods for a period of 9 54 years, continuously. He has committed to ʿm 10 [... ...] and his sons S²krʿm and 11 [... ...] Ys²rḥʿm Yʾzl 12 [... ...]ʿly and Yṣr- 13 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Marble |
| Dimensions | h. 44.5, w. 32 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | an-Nuqūb |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿm ḏ-Dymtm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ghūl 1959 a: 1-22, pl. 1 | al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - [I]. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 1-22. |
| Beeston 1986 b: 7-11 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1986. The Qatabanic Text VL 1. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 16: 7-11. |