Ja 1031a
Jamme 1966 a: fig. 16 (facsimile), pl. XIV
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 Ḥgyt ʾyhr
2 hgn ḏ-Yzʾn |
3 qrn b-ʿm mrʾ-(h)
4 w-ʾ(ḫ)-hw S²rḥʾl
5 Yqbl ḏ-Yzʾ[n]
6 b-kl ḏ-b-hw
7 tṣtr w-qrn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥgyt ʾyhr, 2 the freed (or the son of a slave mother) of Yzʾn 3 participated with his lord 4 and his brother, S²ʾrḥʾl 5 Yqbl of Yzʾn 6 in all the battles that he 7 did and described. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Biʾr Ḥimā |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Biʾr Ḥimà |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | The inscription is engraved near the well of Biʾr Ḥimā. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1966 a: 56-57, pls XIII-XIV | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1966. Sabaean and Ḥasaean Inscriptions from Saudi Arabia. (Studi Semitici, 23). Rome: Istituto di studi del Vicino Oriente, Università di Roma. |
| Gajda 1997: 111-112 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |
| Robin 2008 a: 90, fig. 6 | Robin, Christian J. 2008. Joseph, dernier roi de Ḥimyar (de 522 à 525, ou une des années suivantes). Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 34: 1-125. |