DASI ID: ID: 5086
Pirenne 1981: pl. XII Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhnʿm, 2son of S²hr, mukarrib of Qatabān, and of the children of ʿm and of Awsān 3and of Kḥd and of Dhs¹m and of Tbnw, the first born of ʾnby and Ḥwkm, 4the one of ʾmr and S²mr, built and walled and raised and restored the city wall and the to- 5wers of the town ʿbr entirely made of stone, wood and sandstone from foundation 6to top, during the war against the Ḥaḍramawt, through the power of his tribe, ḏ-Ḍrʾ, and their settlers; 7by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓh- 8rn and by ḏt Rḥbn and by the gods of Rḍḥm and by Blw ḏ-Rymn and 9by Wb ḏ-Rḍḥm and by ḏt Ḥmym, the divinity of R- 10ḍḥm.
Translation Notes:
9the Robin's hypothesis that ʿṯtr, following ḏt Ḥmym, was a substantive is here accepted (see Robin 2012: 338).
Chronological
Period: B1
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Walls
Materials: Stone
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Letter T
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: King
Symbol Reference Text: Kings of Qatabān
Symbol Shape: Letter Ḥ
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: King
Symbol Reference Text: Kings of Qatabān
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: CSAI I, 19
Spatial
Site: Ḥuwaydar, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʿbr
Type of Site: Settlement
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