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Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 2001: 75, pl. 9/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  [... ...] Ḫwln ʾ[... ...]
   2  bʾr-hmy Thʿn ḏt b-ʿly t[... ...]
   3  ymnʿ{l} s¹rn Qṭnm b-rdʾ w-mlʾ ʾ[... ...]
   4  s²qr w-mrʾ-hmw Hwfʿm Yzl w-ʾ[... ...]

Apparatus
3the editors read ymnʿ but a final l is visible, which however could be a mistake.
4at the beginning it could also be yqr.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] Ḫwln ʾ[... ...]
   2  their well Thʿn, that which is above [......] (that)
   3  stops (?) the valley of Qṭnm; by the help and the favour of [......]
   4  s²qr and their lord Hwfʿm Yzl and [......]
3"in order to take" (editors).
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 2001: 70Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 2001. Nuqūš uḫrā min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 7: 66-76. [Arabic section]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh.15, w. 35
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Hadīm
Ancient siteHdw
Geographical areaal-Ḥadd
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 2001: 70, fig. 9/bBāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 2001. Nuqūš uḫrā min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 7: 66-76. [Arabic section]