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al-ʿĀdī 3
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 120, fig. 19
al-Ḥājj 2015: 120, fig. 19
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 120, fig. 19
al-Ḥājj 2015: 120, fig. 19
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 120, facsimile 3
al-Ḥājj 2015: 120, facsimile 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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The author of this inscription is, most probably, the same person mentioned as a qyl in the final invocation of the inscription MuB 523. |
TEXT
1 Ḏyrn w-ʿmydʿ bn—
2 w Brnṭm bnyw w-s¹—
3 (ḥ)dṯ l-ʾb-s¹my Ḍbʿn
4 (b)yt-s¹ Yrd kl-s¹ gl(m)
5 b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b Ḥ(w)—
6 (k)m w-b Ḍbʿn w-b ʾḫy(l)
7 w-rdʾ ʾdm-s¹my ʾdm bn (B)—
8 rnṭm|
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏyrn and ʿmydʿ, of the family 2 Brnṭm, built and 3 restored for their father Ḍbʿn 4 his house Yrd all, in its entirety. 5 By ʿm, ʾnby, 6 Ḥwkm, and Ḍbʿn and by the resources 7 and the help of their vassals, the vassals of the family 8 Brnṭm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 60, w. 34 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Yrd |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ḥājj 2015: 120-130, fig. 19 and facsimile | al-Hajj, Mohammed 2015. Nuqūš qatabāniyya min Haǧar al-ʿĀdī (Maryama qadīman). Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hā al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya al-taʾriḫiyya. (King Saud University). (Series of Refereed Studies, 4). |