DS Buḍān -01 no. 6
Daniels 2003: 239, fig. 1/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Graffito | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʾnmrd bn Mḥws¹m
2 ḥff ʿtr ḏ-S¹mw[y]—
3 m w-ḏt Bʿdn w-brʾ
4 ḏn mṭwln mṭwl
5 ḏ-ʿfr
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾAnmarad, son of Maḥūs¹am, 2 performed the muḥaffah procession for ʿA[th]tar Dhī S¹amawy 3 and Dhāt Baʿdan, and he built 4 this standing structure, a standing structure 5 of the ʿafar rains. |
| 2 | For the interpretation of the verb ḥff (previously unattested) see the discussion in Daniels 2003: 238-240. |
| Daniels 2003: 238-240 | Daniels, Joseph L. 2003. Landscape graffiti in the Dhamār Plains and its relation to mountain-top religious practice. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 33: 237-250. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥammat Buḍān |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Daniels 2003: 237-240, figs 1/a-b | Daniels, Joseph L. 2003. Landscape graffiti in the Dhamār Plains and its relation to mountain-top religious practice. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 33: 237-250. |