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MAFRAY-Hajar Warrāṣ 3
By kind permission of Ch.J. Robin
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| A. Prioletta notes that the text is contemporary to CSAI II, 14=RES 4336 and UAM 507. The restorations are based on the comparison with the almost identical inscription UAM 507 (Prioletta 2013: 119). |
TEXT
1 Gml(n) ḏ-G[... ... w-ʾlzʾd ... ... s¹qnyw]
2 [ʾl-s¹my w]-mrʾ-(s¹)[my Bs²mm ... ...]
3 [... ... ](Ḥlz)[w](m) ṣlm ḏ(h)bm [ḥg tkrb-s¹ ... ...]
4 [.]r Mrn w-[...]ḥn ʿbr (Ḏ)rmm l-[..]n m[....]m s³ʿ-s¹ w-ʾrḫ Bs²[mm]
5 [l]-m(ʾd)b-s¹ Gmln w-ḥg-tkrb-s¹ w-mlʾtm l-zʾ Bs²mm s¹ʾmn (ʿ)[...]
6 Gmln w-ʾlzʾ[d] (kl)-[ḏt]m b-yktrbn-s¹ rṯdw Gmln w-[ʾlz]ʾd (Bs²)—
7 [m]m [ʾḏn-s¹]my w-(mq)wm-s¹my w-ʾb-s¹my ʾs¹dm w-bkl-s¹my w-ʾbʿl b[yt..]
8 [... ...]-s¹m w-b [...] w-b [... ...]
| 2-3 | "Comparing the formulas of the texts from Ḥalzaw and counting the number of supposedly missing letters, I believe that the name of the god could have been followed—in the lacuna between ll. 2 and 3—by a phrase such as: bʿl Ḫrf w-Nʿlm ʿd mḥrm-s¹ Ḫrf (Makyāsh — al-Zubaydī 2008/3-4) or bʿl Ḫrf w-Nʿlm ʿd mḥrm-s¹ Nʿlm (CSAI II, 14/1)" (Prioletta 2013: 119, fn. 56). |
| 5 | "After the verb s¹ʾmn I would be tempted to restore w-[mtʿ] (cf. CSAI II, 14/3-4), but the first legible letter after s¹ʾmn seems to be a ʿ" (Prioletta 2013: 119, fn. 57). "in the syntagm l-zʾ—zʾ must be interpreted as an abbreviated form of a prefix-conjugation (yzʾ) rather than of an infinitive" (Prioletta 2013: 120, fn. 60). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Gmln of G[... ...] and ʾlzʾd [... ...] dedicated 2 to their god and their lord Bs²mm [... ...] 3 [... ... at] Ḥlzw a statue in bronze, in respect of what they petitioned Him for [... ...] 4 [.]r Mrn and [...]ḥn against (?) Ḏrmm for [... ...] his directive (?) and so Bs²mm intervened 5 for His servant Gmln and as he petitioned Him for; and for the future, may Bs²mm continue to protect [...] 6 Gmln and ʾlzʾd in all they both will petition Him for; Gmln and ʾlzʾd committed to 7 Bs²mm their will, their resources, their father ʾs¹dm and their subjects and the owners of the house [..] 8 [... ...] their [... ...] and by [...] and by [... ...] |
| 4 | "The exact meaning of the word s³ʿ remains uncertain because of the large number of lacunae in the line. The tentative translation 'directive' refers to the root WS³ʿ" (Prioletta 2013: 119, fn. 58). |
| Prioletta 2013: 119-120 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. The town of Ḥalzaw (Ḥlzwm) between Qatabān, Radmān and Ḥimyar: an essay on political, religious and linguistic history. Semitica et Classica, 6: 109-130. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Lajiya / Hajar Warrāṣ |
| Ancient site | Ḥlzwm |
| Geographical area | Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
A comparison between MAFRAY-Hajar Warrāṣ 3 and CSAI II, 14 = RES 4336 "allows us to re-interpret a crucial passage pertaining to the god Bs²mm, on the basis of which this deity was belived to be a goddess" (Prioletta 2013: 114).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Prioletta 2013: 119-120, fig. 8 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. The town of Ḥalzaw (Ḥlzwm) between Qatabān, Radmān and Ḥimyar: an essay on political, religious and linguistic history. Semitica et Classica, 6: 109-130. |