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ATM 859
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 88, fig. 3
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 | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾl]hy bytn Rwyn ʾrbʿt ʾṣl[mn ... ...]
2 [... ... ʿm ḏ-Rymtm w-ḏt Rḥ]bn w-ʾlhw byt Rwyn ṯwb((Ṯwb)) w-kl b[... ...]
3 [... ...]bn ʾbrṯ-s¹m w-kl-ḏm qnyw w-b [... ...]
4 [... ...]w-b ʾmrʾ-s¹m ʾmlk Qtbn w-b-s²ʿb-[s¹m ... ...]
| 2 | Integration based on RES 4329/3. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [......] and to the gods of the temple Rwyn, four statues [... ...] 2 [......]bm and to the gods of the temple Rwyn, the offering (Ṯwb) and all [... ...] 3 [......] from their places; and all they possessed, and by [... ...] 4 [......] and by their lords the kings of Qatabān, and by their tribe [... ...] |
| 2 | Ṯwb could be a proper name (see ATM 860). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 859 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30, w. 35, th. 17 |
| 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: Temple Rwyn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 52-53, fig. 88 (3) | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |