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ATM 867 Ḥajj-al-ʿĀdī 2
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 107, fig. 18
al-Ḥājj 2015: 107, fig. 18
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 107, fig. 18
al-Ḥājj 2015: 107, fig. 18
Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 92, fig. 11
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 108, facsimile 2
al-Ḥājj 2015: 108, facsimile 2
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿṯt bn Ḥmʿṯt ḏ-Yʿd tqdm l-mrʾ-s¹ Ydʿʾb Ḏ—
2 byn mlk Qtbn kl mhlk w-mbny ḫms¹ ṣḥfm bn ḫ—
3 lfn ḏ-S¹ḥrym l-fs¹ʾ ʿd mḥfdn Yhrʾl w-bny mḥf—
4 dn Yhrʾl b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b ḏt Rḥbn w-b Yd—
5 ʿʾb Ḏbyn (Yhrg)b w-b bn-s¹ Hwfʿṯt mlkw Qtbn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿṯt, son of Ḥmʿṯt, of the family Yʿd, directed for his lord Ydʿʾb Ḏ- 2 byn, king of Qatabān, the whole realization and construction of the five curtains, from 3 the gate ḏ-S¹ḥrym towards the east (?) up to the tower Yhrʾl, and he built the tower 4 Yhrʾl; by ʿm,ʾnby and ḏt Rḥbn, and by Yd- 5 ʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhrgb and his son Hwfʿṯt, the two kings of Qatabān. |
| 3 | The word fs¹ʾ, attested in MIN "east", is found also in ATM 866. But in ATM 866 seems to mean: "south". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 867 |
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 37, w. 92, th. 7 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
For a further evidence of the king Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhrgb and his son Hwfʿṯt, see CSAI I, 13=MQ-HK 9.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 66-67, fig. 92 (11) | Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103. |
| al-Ḥājj 2015: 106-119, fig. 18 and facsimile | al-Hajj, Mohammed 2015. Nuqūš qatabāniyya min Haǧar al-ʿĀdī (Maryama qadīman). Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hā al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya al-taʾriḫiyya. (King Saud University). (Series of Refereed Studies, 4). |
| al-Hajj 2019: 24-25, figs 13-14 | al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2019. History of Maryamah Town (Hajar- al- ʿAdī) in Wādī Ḥarīb in the Light of Its Musnad Inscriptions (7th Century BC – 3rd Century AD). Adūmātū, 40: 7-40. |