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ḤZ-M 1


Maraqten 2013: 74, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

The text is a construction text, but also a legal text to declare the legal possession of the house.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ṯwb bn Ḥḍrm ḏ-Lms¹m s²ʾm
   2  w-qny w-brl w-bʿl w-ẓrb w-
   3  brʾ w-s¹s²qr byt-s¹m Myfʿm |
   4  w-kl ʾḫṭb-s¹ w-ṣrḥt-s¹ww w-ms²—
   5  qṣ-s¹ w-nfs¹h-s¹ww klm glm b-
   6  ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṯwb, son of Ḥḍrm ḏ-Lms¹m, purchased,
   2  acquired, acquired possession, owned, gained legal possession,
   3  constructed and completed his house Myfʿm
   4  and all its lower rooms and its upper rooms, its
   5  ms²qṣ and its inner rooms all in its entirety, according to
   6  the order of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof.
5ms²qṣ is translated by Maraqten as "windows", but the noun is singular, and therefore one single window in a house would be difficult to imagine. A. Agostini in his PhD thesis proposed "small room".
5nfs¹ is translated by Maraqten as "roof terraces". Again, trying to establish the precise meaning of the parts of a building is very difficult; nfs¹, however, also occurs as a part of a tomb, and a "roof terrace" would not be probable for a tomb.
Maraqten 2013Maraqten, Mohammed 2013. Two Qatabanian inscriptions from Ḥinū az-Zurayr. Pages 73-82 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 35, w. 45
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤinū az-Zurayr
Ancient siteHrbt
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Myfʿm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Maraqten 2013: 73-76, fig. 1Maraqten, Mohammed 2013. Two Qatabanian inscriptions from Ḥinū az-Zurayr. Pages 73-82 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.