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ATM 877 A+B


Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (A)
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Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (A)
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Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 96, fig. 21 (B)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The text is a fragment belonging to Arbach-Sayūn 1.

TEXT

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   1  [... ... ..]ṭ[... ... ...] w-s¹±r [... ...]
   2  [... ...]r bn Ḥḍrmwt ± b-M(ṯkt) [... ...]
   3  [... ...] w-mtʿ w-ns³s³ w-ṣry ± ws¹ṭ [... ...]
   4  [... ...] w-s¹lm mrʾ-s¹m Ydʿ±ʾb (Ġyln) (w)-(yhgw) (w)-(w)[... ...]
   5  [... ...]rw w-bʿw w-wḍʿ h±grn S²bm w-(s¹)nṭʿ ws¹ṭ-(n) [... ...]

Apparatus
2Uncertain reading.
4Uncertain reading.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] from Ḥaḍramawt in Mṯkt [... ...]
   3  [... ...] and saved and protected (?) and gave favourable oracular decision in the middle of [... ...]
   4  [... ...] and Ydʿʾb Ġyln sued for peace, but they waged war and [... ...]
   5  [... ...] and assaulted and humiliated the city of Shibām and raised an insurrection in the middle of [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 877 A
Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeSquared
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 16
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤinū az-Zurayr
Ancient siteHrbt
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 76-77, pl. 21Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103.