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Gr 125 Ḥadaqān 16
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 121
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| 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 | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ... Hwf]ʿṯt w-ʾlk[rb... ...]
2 [... ...]krb bnw ʾws¹m bnw [... ...]
3 [... ...]n ʾdm Yṯʿʾmr hq[nyw... ...]
4 [... ...]ʿṯtr w-Wdm ġyln bn[... ...]
5 [H]wfʿṯt w-kl ʾnfs¹-h[mw ... ...]
6 [w-]ʾwld-hmw w-ʾqny-hm[w... ...]
7 [y]wm kwn Hwfʿṯt d[... ...]
8 ṯny ʾḏ b-s¹yr Ḥdqn w-s¹[... ...]
9 [h]s²fq w-s¹qy kl ms¹qyt [... ...]
10 [... ...]w ʾġyln w-ʿṯtr hs²fq [w-s¹qy]
11 [... ...] w-whb ḫrf w-dṯʾ w-[... ...]
| 4 | At the end the editor integrates: bn[y-hw]. |
| 7 | At the end the editor integrates: d[r ... |
| 8 | At the end the editor integrates: s¹[ʾl ... |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [Hwf]ʿṯt and ʾlk[rb ... 2 [...]krb of the family ʾws¹m, of the family ... 3 ... subjects of Yṯʿʾmr dedicated 4 ... to ʿṯtr and Wdm the ghayl ... 5 [H]wfʿṯt and all their persons 6 and their children and their properties ... 7 when Hwfʿṯt was established controller of irrigation (?) 8 ... for the second time in the valley Ḥdqn ... 9 ... He satiated and irrigated all irrigated land ... 10 ... the ghayls and ʿṯtr satiated and irrigated ... 11 ... and He granted autumn and spring crops ... |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 37, w. 28, th. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt Dughaysh |
| Ancient site | Ḥdqn |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 30-31, photo 121 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |