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al-ʿĀdī 9 a
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 205, fig. 30
al-Ḥājj 2015: 205, fig. 30
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 205, fig. 30
al-Ḥājj 2015: 205, fig. 30
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 205, fig. 31
al-Ḥājj 2015: 205, fig. 31
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Ḥājj 2015: 206, facsimile 9
al-Ḥājj 2015: 206, facsimile 9
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 | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 ʾḫnʿ w-Hnbt w-Fṣym Brnṭm w-bn-s¹m Mwhbm
2 w-Ṣbḥm ʾdm Nbṭʿly w-Hfʾl bnw Brnṭm s²ʾm—
3 w w-qny w-ẓrb w-ʿs¹y w-bny ʾbyt-s¹m Yhr w-Yhgl
4 w-Yʾzl w-ʾḫṭb-s¹m w-nfs¹hy-s¹m w-ṣrḥt-s¹m kl-s¹m gy—
5 lm bn s²rs¹m ʿd frʿm b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly l-s¹m |
6 w-l ʾwld-s¹m w-ḏ-ʿḏr-s¹m b-ʿṯtr w-b Ḥwkm w-b s²ʿb-s¹m Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm
7 w-b-ʿm
| 4-5 | For the first time in the QAT corpus glm is written gylm. |
| 6 | The engraver wrote erroniously a word separator in the middle of the word ʾwld, between the letters "l" and "d". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾḫnʿ, Hnbt and Fṣym Brnṭm and their sons Mwhbm 2 and Ṣbḥm, vassals of Nbṭʿly and Hfʾl, of the family Brnṭm, purchased, 3 possessed, gained legal possession, restored and built their houses Yhr, Yhgl 4 and Yʾzl and their lower rooms, their inner rooms and their upper rooms all in their interity, 5 from foundation to top. According to the orders of ʾnby and let there be no violation thereof, for themselves, 6 their children and their successors. By ʿṯtr, Ḥwkm and their tribe Bklm of Mrymtm, 7 and by ʿm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 51, w. 160, th. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Yhr, Yhgl and Yʾzl |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ḥājj 2015: 204-229, figs 30-31 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). |