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UAM 520
By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ... ....]—
2 m Ṣbḥm bnw S²yṭm rdʾw ḏt Ẓhrn
3 hwrtm w-ḫms¹ s¹lʿtm bn ʿs³b blq ms¹ḥḍr—
4 tnyhn w-ḏt Ẓhrn l-trdʾ-s¹m b-nʿymn
| 2 | The beginning of the line is not readable from the photo. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [......]- 2 m Ṣbḥm descendants of S²yṭm dedicated to ḏt Ẓhrn 3 a pillar (?) and five s¹lʿt-coins derived from the property of the stone (for the construction of) the two 4 festival halls (?); and may ḏt Ẓhrn help them in prosperity. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 520 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 18.5, w. 51, th. 6.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ḥasanī 2011: 450-451, photo 2 | al-Ḥasanī, Jamal 2011. Nuqūsh Qatbāniyya ǧadīda min matḥaf ǧāmiʿat ʿAdan. Pages 445-460 in Al-nadwa al-ʿilmīya ʿAdan bawābat al-Yaman al-ḥaḍariyya 18-19 Yanāyir 2011, kulliyyat al-Adāb. Aden: Jamiʿat ʿAdan. |