CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  ʾhl ʿṯt[r brʾw w-... w]-
   2  ʿḏbn ʾqdr [mḥrmn ʾr]—
   3  ṯtm b-s²fr Ḥm[.. bn ....]
   4  w-ʾtmm bn[ ... ... w-..]—
   5  dm bn S²ll[[.] w-... ...]
   6  bn Ḥmyn w-[... ...]

Apparatus
5It is unsure whether S²ll (or maybe S²ll[m]) is a patronymic or name of group (cf. also Haram 53); S²llm is a name of group in the Ancient Sabaic inscription from Nashq YM 23206. The same doubt concerns Ḥmyn in l.6.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Those of ʿṯtr [have built and ... and]
   2  repaired the ʾqdr [of the temple ʾr]‒
   3  ṯtm with the labour-force of Ḥm[.. son of ..]
   4  and ʾtmm son of [... ... and ..]‒
   5  dm son of S²ll[. and ... ...]
   6  son of Ḥmyn and [... ...]
Robin 1992 aRobin, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Ḥlfn (ʾrṯtm)
NotesWhen the inscriptions of the temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ. They disappeared after his visit.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 87-88Robin, 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]