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BaBa al-Ḥadd 7
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1994: 102, pl. 11/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʾbʾns¹ bn ʿmḏkr ḏ-Ḫwln qyl Ḫwln ʿs¹y ẓrb w-bql wyn-hw w-kl ʾhr—
2 rw-s¹ w-kl gnʾ-s¹ww b-nḫl-s¹ Yġrs³ b-s¹rn Mʿrmm rṯd ʾbʾns¹ ʾl-hw wynn w-
3 ʾhrm-s¹ bn kl qlmm w-fqdm b-ʿṯtr w-b ʿm w-b Wdm w-b ḏt Ẓhrn |
4 Wd-ʾb
| 4 | Text written in bigger size to the right of the main inscription. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbʾns¹ son of ʿmḏḫr ḏ-Ḫwln qyl Ḫwln made, gained legal possession, and planted his vineyard and all its 2 warehouses (?) and all its walls in his palmgrove Yġrs³, in the valley Mʿrmm; ʾbʾns¹ entrusted to his god the vineyard and 3 its haram-plant (or: wells?) against any insect pest and drought (?), by ʿṯtr, ʿm, Wdm and ḏt Ẓhrn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Banī Bakr, 63 (Private collection) |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 21, w. 110, th. 32 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Hadīm |
| Ancient site | Hdw |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadd |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1994: 90, fig. 11 (A, B) | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1994. Naqšān ǧadīdān min al‐Ḥadd. Raydān, 6: 89-103. |