Gr 116 Ḥadaqān 4
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 112
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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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Legal text written as a dedication. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 (mṯbt) [... ...]
2 ʾlbḥr (bn) [... ...]—
3 fyn Ṣdqʾl w-Hwfʿṯt [... ...]
4 [.]m s²ymw ʾrs²wm w-mʿhdtm kl qny
5 w-s²rʿ ʿhd-hmy l-Tʾlb w-ʾl[...]ʾḫr
6 w-bʿl-hmy ((w-b-ʿl-hmy)) w-hmy l-ys¹tydʿy s²ʿb-h—
7 my b-Trʿt b-qs³mt rymt ḏ-ḏʿbm ((ḏ-ḏwbm))
8 ks³wm w-ḏ-rʾkm b-ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh
9 w-ḏt-Ḥmym w-Tʾlb w-ʾlʿz mrʾ-h —
10 my w-rṯdy Tʾlb hqnyt-hmy
| 2-3 | ]fyn is surely connected with WFY, but we do not know its morphological form. |
| 5 | At the end the editor suggests: w-ʾl [t]ʾḫr. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 51, w. 53, th. 10.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt Dughaysh |
| Ancient site | Ḥdqn |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 26-27, photo 112 | 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] |