RES 4994 Ry 290; Nāmī NN 21; Gr 6
By kind permission of S. Rijziger
- By kind permission of S. Rijziger
- Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 6
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
TEXT
1 Br(g) Yḥmd w-bn-hw Yrm Nmrn w-Ns²ʾkr(b) w-ʾnḍr w-Krbʿṯt
2 bnw ʾnḍr Y(h)rḥb bnw Ddn qnyw w-brʾ byt-hmw Wtrn
3 b-mqm s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm w-b-mqymt ʾmrʾ-hmw Nṣrm
4 Yhʾm(n) w-(Ṣ)dq Yhṭl bny Hmd(n)
| 2 | RES: ʾnbr. |
| 4 | RES: Ṣdq Yhb l-yhṭl bny Hmdn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Brg Yḥmd and his son Yrm Nmrn and Ns²ʾkrb and ʾnḍr and Krbʿṯt 2 descendants of ʾnḍr Yhrḥb of the family Ddn acquired and built their house Wtrn 3 by the power of their patron Tʾlb Rymm and by the power of their lords Nṣrm 4 Yhʾmn and Ṣdq Yhṭl banū Hamdān. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 150 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
| Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Wtrn |
| Notes | The stone is now reemployed in the outside wall of the village mosque (information kindly provided by S. Rijziger). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 105-107 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| Nāmī 1943: 33-36 | Nāmī, Khalīl Y. 1943. Našr nuqūš sāmīyya qadīma min ǧanūb bilād al-ʿarab wa-šarḥu-hā. al-Qāhira: al-Maṭbaʿa al-ʿIlmī al-Faransī li-l-Āṯār al-Šarqiyya. |
| Grjaznevič 1978: 20, fig. 6 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |