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Jamme 1976: pl. 18/2864
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  Lḥyṯt Yr(ḫm) (bn) (M)ʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln qyl
   2  Rdmn w-Ḫwln (bn) (Whbʾl) (Yḥz) bqr w-h—
   3  fʿl (w)-(hqḥ) (kl) mb(ny) (ʿrn) (S²ḥrrm) (w)-(s³r)—
   4  t-hw (w)-(ḫlf)-(hw) (w)-gnʾt-h(w) [... ...]

Apparatus
3S²ḥrrm is the name of a mountain and of the sanctuary built on the mountain.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḥyʿṯt Yrḫm, of the family Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, qyl
   2  of Rdmn and Ḫwln, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, dug up,
   3  worked and completed the whole construction of the sanctuary on the mountain S²ḥrrm and its
   4  warehouses (?), its gate and its enclosure walls [... ...]
3-4Jammes considers s³rt the plural of s³r. Cf. Arabic sâra (8th form) "to procure for oneself wheat or other provision from a place to be laid up in a store" and Arabic sîrat "wheat or other provision that is bought from a place to be laid up in a store". He translates "warehouse". No translation of the noun in the SD.
Jamme 1976: 115Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Miʿsāl
Ancient siteWʿln
Geographical areaal-Bayḍāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1976: 114-115, pl. 18Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Robin 1981 b: 323Robin, Christian J. 1981. Les inscriptions d'al-Miʿsāl et la chronologie de l'Arabie méridionale au IIIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 315-338.