Nihm/Barrān 6 Gl 1143; Nihm 13; Gr 347
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 35, pl. 25
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 35, pl. 25
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 34, pl. 24a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.5-3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
GENERAL NOTES
| This text appears to complete the decree of Nihm/Barrān 5, with the addition of other territories dedicated to the god Taʾlab. |
TEXT
1 ʿrb Tʾlb bʿl Mḫl(y)m
2 kl brrn ʿdy (fw) S²rg—
3 n((s²rgn)) w-ḥg ʾḫḏ grtn bn
4 (k)l qṭntm
| 1 | Mḫl(y)m: the reading of this noun is based on Nihm/Barrān 5, 2. |
| 2-3 | S²rgn could be a toponym, probably the name of a valley. But it is also interpretable as common noun (s²rgn), with the meaning of "watercourse, channel". |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Propriété de Taʾlab, Seigneur de Makhliyyum: 2 toute la plaine dans le (jusqu'au ?) débouché (?) de Shirgān (du cours d'eau ?) 3 et le droit de prendre les petits sur 4 tout petit bétail. |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 105-106 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. (8 vols), Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 220, w. 27, th. 31 (total); h. 13, w. 25 (text) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Brn |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | al-Ḥārith |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Barrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed inside the mosque of the village Masjid al-Ḥārith. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 105-106, pls 24/a, 25 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. (8 vols), Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 130-131, fig. 273 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |
| Höfner 1954: 32-36 (photograph) | Höfner, Maria 1954. Taʾlab als Patron der Kleinviehhirten. Serta Cantabrigiensia: 29-36. |