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
Measure of letters3.6-3.9
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The stone is divided in two parts. Gl 1431= ll. 5-8.

TEXT


   1  [...]bm [w]-bn-hw bn Qdḥ [.]—
   2  [.]wn ʾdm bny S¹ḫymm |
   3  [hq]s²bw l-s²ym-hmw Tʾl—
   4  b Rymm mḏ[q]ntn b-mqm ʾ—
   5  mr-[hmw]
   6  | bny S¹ḫ[y]—
   7  mm l-wfy-h
   8  mw w-wfy

TRANSLATIONS

English

      ... ...
   1  and his son of the family [.]
   2  [.]wn, members of the family S¹ḫymm
   3  built for their Patron Tʾlb
   4  Rymm the place of prayer (?); by the power
   5  of their lords
   6  of the family S¹ḫymm,
   7  for their safety
   8  and the safety of [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteBrn
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
NotesRobin 1982 a: 136, n. 186 notes that Nāmī has given as provenance al-ʿAwādī. "Il ne peut s'agir que de al-ʿĀdī, dont le nom a été mis au pluriel".
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Nāmī 1943: 83-86Nāmī, Khalīl Y. 1943. Našr nuqūš sāmīyya qadīma min ǧanūb bilād al-ʿarab wa-šarḥu-hā. al-Qāhira: al-Maṭbaʿa al-ʿIlmī al-Faransī li-l-Āṯār al-Šarqiyya.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1947: 167Ryckmans, Gonzague 1947. Notes épigraphiques. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 60: 149-170.
Tschinkowitz 1969: 15-16Tschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.
Robin 1982 a: i, p. 45Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.
Frantsouzoff 2016: 109-111Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. (8 vols), Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux]