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YMN 10
ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 53, fig. 10
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||||||
| 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 | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln qyl Rdmn w-Ḫwln hqḥ w-ṯwb w-ʿḏb w-hqs²b kl ḫ—
2 dʿ w-ḫbl w-ms³lft wḍʾ w-ḫdʿ bn byt-hmw S²bʿn w-ʾs¹qf-hw w-kl mwrt-hw w-ms³wd-hw w-mẓl—
3 lt-hw w-kl ʾḫṭb-hw w-kl ʾbyt w-ṣwbt w-gnʾt wḍʾ w-ḫdʿ bn hgrn Qnʾtm w-ṯwb w-h—
4 gbʾ w-ḥẓy w-ḏhb w-gyr kl tḥẓt w-tḏhb w-ʿḏb byt-hmw S²bʿn w-hgr-hmw Qnʾt—
5 m b-rdʾ w-mqm ʿṯtr S²rqn w-S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm w-ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm bʿl S¹lym w-Lmmm w-b-rdʾ w-mqm
6 w-ʾḫyl mrʾ-hmw ʾlʿz Ylṭ mlk Ḥḍrmwt bn ʿmḏḫr w-b-rdʾ w-ʾḫyl w-s²ʿt s²ʿb-hmw Rdm—
7 n w-Ḫwln w-ḥng ʾnby w-hqḥ w-ṯwb byt-hmw S²bʿn w-hgr-hmw Qnʾtm b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-ʾrbʿt w-ʾrbʿhy w-mʾt ḫryft
| 2-3 | See also Beeston 1980 a: 17-18. |
| 3 | instead of ʾbyt, ʿAbdallāh has mṯʿd. |
| 7 | instead of w-ḥng, ʿAbdallāh has w-ḫyl. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd ibn Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln completed, executed, repaired, rebuilt all the damage, 2 the ruin, the collapses, which went and broke a part of their house S²bʿn and its roofs, all its access way, its hall, its covered 3 structures, all its downstairs, all the buildings, its stairs and walls, which went and broke a part of the town Qnʾtm; he repaired, restored, 4 finished off, gild, plastered all the completion, the gilding, the restoration of their house S²bʿn and their town Qnʾtm, 5 with the help and the power of ʿṯtr S²rqn, S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm, ʿmm ḏ-Mbrqm, Lord of S¹lymn and Lmmm; with the help, the power, 6 the might of their lord ʾlʿz Ylṭ, king of Ḥaḍramawt, son of ʿmḏḫr; with the help, the might, the support of their tribe Rdmn and 7 Ḫwln; in accordance with ʾnby. And he completed and restored their house S²bʿn and their town Qnʾtm in the year one hundred forty-four. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Qāniya |
| Ancient site | Qnʾtm |
| Geographical area | Radmān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The tribe of Radmān is under the power of Ḥaḍramawt.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 36-41 (photo p. 53) | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 2: 47-75. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 16 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
| Beeston 1980 a | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1980. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography II. Raydān, 3: 17-26. |