MAFRAY-Ḥuṣn Āl Ṣāliḥ 2
Robin 1987 a: 177, pl. 4/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription could be a dedicatory text or a construction text (l.2: [hq](n)y or [b](n)y) |
TEXT
1 [... ...](dm)[ ... ...](dn mw)[d ... ...]
2 [hq](n)y ʿmkrn w-rṯd-hw [... ...]
3 [... ...] ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh w-ḏt-Ḥmy(m)[ ... ...]
4 [ ... ...](y) [..]mmm w-Bḥrn w-Yṯl
| 1 | Robin reads: ..](dmʾl b)[n. |
| 2-3 | Robin reads: w-rṯd-hw (b)-ʿṯtr. |
| 3 | At the end, Robin restores: [w-b]. |
| 4 | At the beginning, Robin reads: [... ...](ly) [w-ʿ]mmm, although he suggests other possible restorations instead of the ʿ. He interprets [.]mmm and Bḥrn as proper names of individuals. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 56, w. 27 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥuṣn Āl Ṣāliḥ (surroundings) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Barāqish |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Canal |
| Notes | The text was located at al-Jirba, near the village of Ḥuṣn Āl Ṣāliḥ, five kilometers S-S-W of Baraqish. Then, it has been reemployed in the local mosque. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1987 a: 169-171, pl. 4/a | Robin, Christian J. 1987. Trois inscriptions sabéennes découvertes près de Barāqish (République Arabe du Yemen). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 17: 165-177. |