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UAM 523
Front side
al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 44, fig. 1
al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 44, fig. 1
Front side
al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 44, fig. 1
al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 44, fig. 1
Left side
al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 44, fig. 2
al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 44, fig. 2
Upper side
al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 44, fig. 3
al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser
al-Hasni 2015: 44, fig. 3
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 | 3.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [..](ʾ)l w-ʾ(bʾn)s¹ w-Ṣbḥm w-S²krʿm bnw N(b)ṭʿ(m) [..←... ...]rb... ...
2 ʾns¹ ʿṯtr ḏ-Wtr w-ʿṣm ʾbʾns¹ w-Ṣbḥm w-S²krʿm [..←....]wtm [... ...]
3 ʾb-ʿwty ḏhbn w-twṯb-s¹my bn frʿm frʿw l-Ḥwkm r←ṯdw Ḥwk[m b]—
4 ny-s¹m Nbṭʿm w-Whbʾl w-Hfnm w-Mwhbm w-ʾḫy-s¹m (b)←ny S²yṭm [... ...]—
5 y w-b Ḥwkm w-b ʾlhw bytn S²bʿn w-b ʿṯtr ḏ-Wtr w-←b-ʿṯtr ḏ-[... ... w-b ʿm]
6 Ryʿn w-b ʿm ḏ-Ys¹rm w-S²yṭm b-ʿm ḏ-Rymtm w-b ḏt-Ṣ←ntm w-b ḏ[t]
7 Rḥbn w-b ḏt Fnwtm w-b ḏt Ḥmym w-b mrʾ-s¹m S²hr Hll Y←hnʿm mlk [Qtbn]
8 [... ... ḏ-]Mrymtm w-b qyl-s¹m Ḏyrn bn Brnṭm w-rṯdw Ḥ←wkm [... ...]hn
| 1 | The editor restores [Hw](f)ʾl. |
| 4 | On the left side of the stone a "w" is visible under the "y" of bny. |
| 6 | The name S²yṭm is in low-relief. As in the line 4, probably it is a lineage name. The god is the protector of the family. |
| 8 | [... ... ḏ-]Mrymtm or [... ... Bklm ḏ-]Mrymtm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [..](ʾ)l, ʾbʾns¹, Ṣbḥm and S²krʿm, sons of Nbṭʿm [... ...] 2 the officer of ʿṯtr ḏ-Wtr, and they did a convenant, i.e. ʾbʾns¹, Ṣbḥm, and S²krʿm [... ...] 3 two sphinxes in bronze and their supports from the tribute they paid to Ḥwkm. They committed to Ḥwkm their 4 children Nbṭʿm, Whbʾl, Hfnm and Mwhbm, and their brothers, of the family S²yṭm [... ...] 5 and by Ḥwkm and by the gods of the temple S²bʿn, and by ʿṯtr ḏ-Wtr and ʿṯtr ḏ-[... ... and by] 6 ʿm Ryʿn, ʿm ḏ-Ys¹rm, He of S²yṭm. By ʿm ḏ-Rymtm, ḏt Ṣntm, 7 ḏt Rḥbn, and by ḏt Fnwtm, ḏt Ḥmym and by their lord S²hr Hll Yhnʿm, king of [Qatabān], 8 [... ...] Mrymtm, and by their qyl Ḏyrn, of the family Brnṭm. And they committed to Ḥwkm [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, 523 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 49, w. 32.8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription comes from illegal excavations carried out at al-ʿĀdī. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Hasni 2015: 43-48, figs 1-3 | al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser 2015. Ṯalāṯa nuqūš qatabānīya ǧadīda taḏkur al-ilāh "ḏāt Fnwtm". Pages 43-53 (Arab section) in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16] |