Ja 2871 Gl A 671
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | about 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| On the basis of the text content it is to be maintained that the block was inserted in an architectural structure. The text is written on two different stones. Only the right part (Gl A 671=A-20-897), once reemployed in the mosque of Bayt al-Jālid, is now at the Ṣanʿāʾ University Museum. Thanks to A. Multhoff for the bibliographical information. |
TEXT
1 Tbʿkrb w-Ḥywm w-bn-hmy ʾlw[z]±ʾ w-Lḥyʿṯt
2 bnw Gldn ʾdm bny Hmdn br[ʾ]±w w-hwṯrn w-
3 hs²qrn mḥfd-hmw Yfʿn b-mq(m) ± s²ym-hmw T—
4 ʾlb Rymm bʿl Frḍ(t)±n ḏ-hgrn Mḫ—
5 dn w-rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw b±(n)y Hmdn |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Tbʿkrb, Ḥywm and the sons of both of them ʾlwzʾ and Lḥyʿṯt, 2 descendants of Gldn, servants of the family Hamdān, constructed, laid the foundations and 3 completed their tower Yfʿn, by the power of their Patron 4 Tʾlb Rymm, Master of Frḍtn of the city Mḫ- 5 dn, and (by) the help of their lords bny Hamdān. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-897 |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 27, w. 59, th. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt al-Jālid |
| Ancient site | Mḫdn |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Tower Yfʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schaffer 1975: 18-19, pl. IV/1, 2 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1975. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. (II. Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 10. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 299/3). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Jamme 1976: 99-100 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |