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YMN 11
ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 54 (upper)
ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 54 (upper)
ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 54 (down)
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ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 55 (upper)
ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 55 (down)
ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 56 (upper)
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Nbṭʿm Zʾdn bn Mʿhr w-Ḏrft Yhʿll bn Ns²ʾm Nbṭ brʾ w-rs³ʿ w-hwṯr w-hqḥ w-ẓrb
2 w-hs²qr byt-hw S²bʿn b-gnʾ hgrn Qnʾtm bn s²rs¹m ʿd frʿm w-kl ms³wdt-hmw w-kl m—
3 ḥfdt-hw w-ṣwbt-hw w-ʾḫṭb-hw w-ṣrḥt-hw w-kl mṣdqt-hmw kl-s¹m glm b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl
4 tʿly b-ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʾnby S²ymn w-b-ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm bʿl S¹lym w-Lmmm w-b ḏt Ẓhrn w-b |
5 s²ms¹-hw ʿlyt |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nbṭʿm Zʾdn banū Mʿhr and Rft Yhʿll son of Ns²ʾm Nbṭ, built, constructed, laid foundations, finished off, gained legal possession, 2 and completed his house S²bʿn, on the wall of the town of Qnʾtm, from foundation to top, and all its halls and all 3 its towers and its staircases and its downstairs and its lower rooms and all their ownership documentary proof, all in their entirety, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be 4 no violation thereof; by ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾnby S²ymn and by ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm Master of S¹lym and Lmmm, and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by 5 his solar deity ʿlyt. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Wall |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Qāniya |
| Ancient site | Qnʾtm |
| Geographical area | Radmān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAbdallāh 1979 b: 41-44, pls 54-56 | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 3: 29-64. |