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al-ʿĀdī 4


al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 131, fig. 20
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al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 131, fig. 20
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al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 131, facsimile 4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  ʾs¹dm bn Ġwṯʾl w-bn-s¹ [Ḥ]—
   2  rmm ḏw S²bʿm s¹qnyw Ḥwk[m]
   3  | Nbṭ w-ʾlhy bytn S²bʿn
   4  kl ʿs³b grby ṣlwt w-ʿwt
   5  bytn ʾḥrm fs¹ʾytm bn ẓb[r]
   6  [... ... ʾ](ḥr)m ʿd ẓbr bytn S²[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾs¹dm, son of Ġwṯʾl, and his son
   2  Ḥrmm, those of the family S²bʿm, dedicated to Ḥwkm
   3  Nbṭ and the gods of the temple S²bʿn
   4  all the property of the stones of the façade and of the ʿwt-material
   5  of the temple ʾḥrm towards east (?) from the corner
   6  [... ...] ʾḥrm, up to the corner of the temple S²[... ...].
5For fs¹ʾ "east" or "south" see ATM 867, 3.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 40, w. 36, th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ḥājj 2015: 131-141 fig. 20 and facsimileal-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).