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MQ-al-Ḥāt 1


Robin 1998 a: fig. 9

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Start date - BCE/CE258 CE
End date - BCE/CE278 CE
Date accuracyApproximate
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾnʿm ʾrym w-ʾḫy-hw Hwfʿm w-
   2  Hwfʾl bnw Ṯʿlbm w-Ṣwbn brʾw w-
   3  hqs²b mʾḏnt-hmw Tlfm ḏt Ḥwkm b-mqm |
   4  mrʾ-hmw Frʿn bn Ḏrnḥ w-Hṣbḥ w-b-rdʾ w-qh—
   5  t ʾb-hmw ʿmrm w-bn-hw S¹ʿdʿm bny Klʿn w-Ṯʿ—
   6  lbm w-brʾ-hw qbl s¹ṯt ymtm w-b-wrḫn Qyẓ ḏ-l-ʾḥd w-ṯ—
   7  lṯ mʾtm ḫryftm w-rṯdw mqḥ-hw ʿm ḏ-Ẓwrm w-ʾs²ms¹-h—
   8  w s¹ṭr ʾglm grbyn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾnʿm ʾrym and his brothers Hwfʿm and
   2  Hwfʾl banū Ṯʿlbm and Ṣwbn built,
   3  constructed their support basin Tlfm, that of Ḥwkm. With the power
   4  of their lord Frʿn ibn Ḏrnḥ and Hṣbḥ, and with the help and the order
   5  of their father ʿmrm and his son S¹ʿdʿm banū Klʿn and Ṯʿlbm.
   6  They built that within six days. In the month Qyẓ of the year three
   7  hundred one. They committed the completion of the work to ʿm ḏ-Ẓwrm and to their
   8  solar deities. ʾglm, the stonemason, wrote.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Ḥāt
Ancient siteTlfm ḏt-Ḥwkm
Geographical areaWādī Shirjān
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1998 a: 145-147, fig. 9Robin, Christian J. 1998. Décompte du temps et souveraineté politique en Arabie méridionale. Pages 121-151 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Hélène Lozachmeur (eds). Proche-Orient ancien. Temps vécu, temps pensé. Actes de la table ronde du 15 novembre 1997 organisée par l'URA 1062 "Etudes Sémitiques". (Antiquités sémitiques, 3). Paris: Jean Maisonneuve.
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 32Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.