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UAM 508


Bātāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Hasni and al-Hasni Jamal Mohammed Nasser
Bātāyiʿ and al-Hasni 2015: 84, fig. 2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.2
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The text is written in correct Qatabanic. There are not certain reasons to consider it Marginal Qatabanic.

TEXT

marker


   1  Hṣrʿṯt w-Whbʾl w-ʿmrtʿ w-ʿs³bm w-B—
   2  [....] ʿmyṯʿ w-ʾls²rḥ ḏtw Ḍġyṯt s¹q—
   3  [nyw] w-s³lʾ ʾmrʾ-s¹m ʿṯtr w-Blw w-Mwtr
   4  w-ḏt Ġḍrn w-Frʿn w-ʾlhy Ḥdṯm ḏ-Mnwb

Apparatus
2ʿmyṯʿ could be a patronymic.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hṣrʿṯt, Whbʾl, ʿmrtʿ, ʿs³bm, B-
   2  [....] ʿmyṯʿ and ʾls²rḥ, the ones of the family Ḍġyṯt,
   3  dedicated and offered to their Lords ʿṯtr, Blw, Mwtr,
   4  ḏt Ġḍrn, Frʿn and the gods of Ḥdṯm, those of Mnwb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, University Museum, 508
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 16, w. 38.5, th. 25.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī Markha)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Markha
CountryYemen
NotesIn the inscription the name of place Mnwb is quoted. This is probably the ancient name of Hajar an-Nāb.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bātāyiʿ and al-Hasni 2015: 84-85, fig. 2Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Hasni, Jamal Mohammed Nasser 2015. Ṯalāṯa nuqūš ǧadīda taḏkur al-ilāh al-ʾAwsānī (Blw). Pages 81-88 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]