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VL 10 Q 900; CSAI I, 73


al-Ghūl 1959 b: pl. II

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 typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  Ḥmys²m w-Rklm bnw S²rḥw(d)
   2  (b)n Ḫlbn ʿs¹yw (ẓ)rbw qbr-s¹my Ẓrb
   3  b-ʾbltm w-nfs¹h-s¹yw glm b-ḥg ʾnby
   4  (w)-ʾl tʿly

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥmys²m and Rklm, sons of S²rḥwd,
   2  son of Ḫlbn, made and gained legal possession of their grave Ẓrb
   3  in ʾbltm and its inner rooms, entirely according to the orders of ʾnby,
   4  and let there be no violation thereof.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb Ẓrb
NotesThis is the only case, among the known grave construction inscriptions, with the name of the place (ʾbltm) of the tomb.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ghūl 1959 b: 423-425, pl. 2al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438.