CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Bron 1992: 50
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Chronologically the inscription could be of period C.

TEXT


   1  [... ... h]wt bytn Yḥr w-hṯbw w-hgbʾn bytn My[... ...]
   2  [... ...] b-ws¹ṭm l-ms²rqytn w-mʿrbyt bn mwṯr ʿd[y s²qr ... ...]
   3  [... ...] w-nqzw w-hqḥn mrw[t] l-ʿbrn ḏ-ʾtmn b[... ...]
   4  [... ...]mrwt bny Mwḍʿm w-s²ʿb-hmw ḏ-Ḫ[mr ... ...]
   5  [... ... h]wṯrn w-hqḥn w-hs²qrn byt-hmw ḏ-H[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] this house Yḥr, and they repaired and restored the house My[... ...]
   2  [... ...] inside, toward the eastern and the western part from foundation to top [... ...]
   3  [... ...] and they excavated and completed the irrigation systems (?) for the wadi-side cultivation ḏ-ʾtmn [... ...]
   4  [... ...] and the irrigation systems (?) of the banū Mwḍʿm and their tribe ḏ-Ḫmr [... ...]
   5  [... ...] (they) laid the foundations, completed and finished their house ḏ-H[... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Wall
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteKhamir
Ancient siteḪmr
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1992: 50-52 (photo)sBron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.