Hakir 2 Gr 40
Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 53
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- Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 53
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Notwithstanding Müller's opinion, it seems more likely that the inscription is dated according to the era or Ḥimyar rather than of Radmān. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] krf-hmw Rywn b-rdʾ ʿtr ḏ-S³nḥ w-ḏ-S¹mʿm |
2 [... ... ]w-ʿln ḏt rḥqt bʾrm ḏt bn-hw ys¹tʾbnn b—
3 [ ... ... h]wt bʾrn ʿdy byt bny Fʾrm ḏ-ywbd |
4 [... ... ]hwt bʾrn w-kwnt hyʾ bʾrn b-ʿlw
5 [... ...]t ʿbrtm w-b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-s¹bʿt w-s¹ṯy w-mʾt
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] their cistern Rywm, with the help of ʿAtar ḏ-S³nḥ and ḏ-S¹mʿm 2 [... ...] because a well was distant; from which his (of the group) members will draw water 3 [... ...] this well in the house of the banū Fʾrm, that he cut in the rock 4 [... ...] this well and that well was above 5 [... ...] wadi-side cultivation. In the year one hundred sixty-seven. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 63, th. 10 (Grjaznevič); h. 45, w. 90 (Garbini) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hakir |
| Ancient site | Hkrm |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1971 a: 309-310, pl. III | Garbini, Giovanni 1971. Iscrizioni sabee da Hakir. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 31/3: 303-311. |
| Lundin 1973: 28-31, photo | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1973. Novye južnoarabiskie nadpisi iz Vadi Ḫirr. Pis' mennye pamjatniki i problemy istorii i kul'tury narodov vostoka, 9: 81-89. |
| Grjaznevič 1978: 49-50, fig. 53 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 22 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |