Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
Because no distinctive Northern Sabaic feature is attested, the inscription has been classified as Central Middle Sabaic, albeit it belongs to the Amiritic cultural context. |
1 | According to Robin, the first sign at the beginning of l. 1 might be a word divider, probably preceded by a symbol. An alternative interpretation is to consider it an alif, probably preceded by a word divider. |
English | |
1 The tribe "community of ʿṯtr" 2 constructed and roofed the temple 3 of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, from 4 this pillar (?) up to 5 the portico (?), between this 6 temple and the the cooking-place (?); and 7 Ns¹rm son of 8 de Ḥmmm, the leader, directed them, 9 with his labour-force, and the labour-force of Wʾlm 10 son of ʾymm, of ʿbdm 11 son of Ynʿm and of 12 Nṣrʾl son of Nṣlt; 13 and helped him the labour-force of 14 Whbm son of Ms¹ʿdm, king of 15 Kamna, of Nhyt 16 son of Mlkn, Grḥm 17 son of Whbʾl, and 18 [... ...] |
Robin 1992 a: 108 | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 3 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 99, w. 30.5, th. 14 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
Ancient site | Hrm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn |
Link to site record |
CIH: II/2, 124-127, pl. XII | 1889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.] |
Robin 1992 a: 107-109, pl. 13 | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |