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al-ʿĀdī 8
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 169, fig. 25
al-Ḥājj 2015: 169, fig. 25
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 169, fig. 25
al-Ḥājj 2015: 169, fig. 25
Right side
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 170, fig. 26a
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 170, fig. 26a
Left side
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 170, fig. 26b
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 170, fig. 26b
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 171, facsimile 8
al-Ḥājj 2015: 171, facsimile 8
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 169, fig. 26
al-Ḥājj 2015: 169, fig. 26
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 | 5 (max.), 4 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Lḥ(y)ʿm bn Brnṭm w-Ṣḥfm w-ʾs²s² (w)-Qlmlk bn Brnṭm w-Ḏlmln w-S²krʾl bn Rfʾn w-ʾ—
2 [...] (w)-Dwḥ w-Mʿdm bn Mwmbm mʿhd qny Ḥwkm brʾw w-bqr w-s¹wṯr mḥfdn Y(h)[...] kl mrs³ʿt-s¹ ḥl(km)
3 w-ʿl-s¹ww ṯny ḥwl-s¹(y)w ṣrbtm [... ...] bn rbḥ ḍʾnm s²ʾmw l-Ḥwkm w-ḏm wzʾw bn mbʿl Ḥwkm ḥlkm w-(s¹)q(ḥw l)-
4 Ḥwkm b-ms¹ʾl-s¹ w-brʾw w-s¹wṯr bytn Ḥdṯ b-s²hd bytn Lbḫ kl-mwṯr-s¹ w-mwdy-s¹ w-ʿl-s¹ww ʾrbʿt ʾḥwl ṣrb(tm)
5 [... ...] (w)-kl blq-s¹ w-brʾw b-mḥfdn Yfʿn ʾs¹qf(t)n s¹qfm ṣrbtm w-b-byt ḏt Ḥḍr s¹qfm ṣrbtm w-s¹ʾlw w-(s¹)ʿl(w)
6 (w)-s¹(ʿ)s²q w-brʾ (w)-qyḥ s²ʿb w-mns²ʾ s¹rn ʾṯʾbtm b-ḏ-Bqltm w-Qrḍn ḏ-ymn-s¹ bn mbʿl Ḥwkm ḥlkm ḥrg Ḥwkm |
7 (b)[...](s¹) w-(b)n<y>w w-(g)rb w-bqr Kʿbt (ḏ)-Ḫẓʿn w-brʾw w-s¹ʿs²q ḏtn ʿs²qn b-rdʾ ʾl-s¹m Ḥwkm w-b mns²ʾ s²ʿb-s¹m ḏ-Mrymtm
| 7 | The meaning of the line is uncertain, so the integration: bn<y>w is hypothetical. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿm, of the family Brnṭm, Ṣḥfm, ʾs²s² and Qlmlk, of the family Brnṭm, Ḏlmln and S²krʾl, of the family Rfʾn, 2 ʾ[...], Dwḥ and Mʿdm, of the family Mwmbm, guardians of the property of Ḥwkm, built, dig out and laid the foundation of the tower Yh[...] all its construction, as a property (?), 3 and, on it, its two sides in extension. [... ...] with the proceeds of (the sale of) the sheep they purchased for Ḥwkm and of what they had continued (to do) thanks to the property of Ḥwkm, as a property (?). And they completed for 4 Ḥwkm (His order) in His oracle, and they built and laid the foundation of the house Ḥdṯ, beside the house Lbḫ, all its foundation and its water reservoir and, on it, four sides in extension 5 and all its stone. And they built in the tower Yfʿn several roofs in extension, and in the house ḏt Ḥḍr a roof in extension. They asked (His will) and made, 6 excavated and built and completed the collector and the terracing of the valley ʾṯʾbtm in ḏ- Bqltm and Qrḍn, that at south, thanks to the property of Ḥwkm, as a property (?). Ḥwkm ordered 7 [... ...] and they built, terraced, and dig out Kʿbt of Ḫẓʿn, and they built and cut those terracing by the help of their god Ḥwkm, and by the mobilization of their tribe of Mrymtm. |
| Atbuosh 2025: 2 | Atbuosh, Mohammed 2025. South Arabian etymology for the Meccan Kaʿbah. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X24000429. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 60, w. 140, th. 35 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ḥājj 2011: 133-152, photo | al-Hajj, Mohammed 2011. Qariyat ḏāt Kahl (al-Fāw ḥalyān) fi ḍawʾ naqš qitbānī ǧadīd (al-ʿĀdī 5). Silsila mudāwalāt ʿilmiyya muḥakama li-l-liqāʾ al-sanawī li-l-ǧamʿiyyah (Ǧamʿiya al‐Tārīḫ wa-l-āṯār bi-duwal Maǧlis al-Taʿāwun li-Duwal al-Ḫalīǧ al-ʿArabiyya), 12: 133-152. |
| al-Ḥājj 2015: 168-203, figs 25-27 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). |