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Ry 461 CSAI I, 167
By kind permission of GOAM
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 | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Only a facsimile was available for the inscription. Thanks to the new photo by CASIS, now we can probably date the text at period B2. |
TEXT
1 Rtʿ bn ʾls²rḥ w-Hwfʾl bnw ʾ—
2 s²s² ḏ-ʾmnt ʿṯtr ḏ-Wtr s¹qny ʿṯtr
3 ms³ndn b-ḏt tkrb-s¹ rṯd ʿṯtr ʾḏn-
4 s¹ w-bn-s¹ww ʾls²rḥ w-Hwfʾl w-ʿm—
5 ʾl w-Whbʾl w-Rʾbʿm w-kl ʾwl—
6 d-s¹m w-(ʾqny)-[s¹m ... ...]
| 4 | the scribe forgot the n of bn-s¹ww and added its upper part on b. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rtʿ, son of ʾls²rḥ, and Hwfʾl. both of them of the family ʾ- 2 s²s², who was in charge of ʿṯtr ḏ-Wtr, dedicated to ʿṯtr 3 the inscription as he asked Him; he has committed to ʿṯtr his facul- 4 ties and his sons ʾls²rḥ and Hwfʾl and ʿm- 5 ʾl and Whbʾl and Rʾbʿm and all their children 6 and their goods [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Zinjibar, Museum, ZMA 17=ZM 77 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 37, w. 44, th. 8 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Ḥarīb) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Wtr |
| Notes | This inscription was originally found in the ruins of the village of Darb al-Ali, in the wādī Ḥarīb. According to Jamme 1972, 72, at that time the stone was instead reused in a private house. Afterwards, the object was acquired by the Aden National Museum, who in turn gave it as loan to the Museum of Zinjibar, where the object is now housed. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1951: 114-116 (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1951. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Neuvième série. Le Muséon, 64: 93-126. |
| Prioletta 2009: 210-211, fig. 6 | Prioletta, Alessia 2009. I musei dello Yemen 2. Note su alcune iscrizioni qatabaniche al museo nazionale di Aden e al museo di Zinjibar. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 32: 201-219. |