| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
| English | |
1 Wtrʾl Ḏrḥn 2 son of Yḏmrmlk, 3 king of 4 Haram, dedicated 5 to Mtbnṭyn. |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 260, w. 55, th. 25 |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn |
| Notes | When the inscriptions of the extra muros temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ; they disappeared after his visit. For the reconstruction of the position of the pillars in the temple, see Robin 1992 a: 19, fig. 1. The temple was originally called Hdnn. |
| Link to site record |
| Robin 1992 a: 90 | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
| Rossi 2022: 275 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |