CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  ʿmʾns¹ bn [Kl]—
   2  (b)m kbr [nhmt]—
   3  n ʿbd[ Wtrʾ]—
   4  l hq[ny Mtb]—
   5  nṭyn ʾ[bḥm]—
   6  y b-ḏt[ Ḥmym]
   7  w-b-ʿ(ṯ)[tr Bʾ]—
   8  s¹n w-b-[ʾlʾlt]
   9  Hrm[m w-b-r]—
  10  ʿẓ Wt[rʾl]
  11  w-Hrmm

Apparatus
5We do not know whether the object of the dedication (ʾbḥmy) is the pillar or a person. Its name is restored on the base of Haram 16, as there are the same first and last letters. However, it is unusual that the same dedication is commemorated in two different inscriptions.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿmʾns¹ son of Klbm,
   2  kbr of the stone polishers (?),
   3  servant of Wtrʾl,
   4  dedicated to
   5  Mtbnṭyn ʾbḥmy,
   6  by ḏt Ḥmym
   7  and by ʿṯtr Bʾs¹n
   8  and by the gods
   9  of Haram, and by the
  10  command of Wtrʾl
  11  and Haram.
2nhmtn: translation by Robin.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 260, w. 55, th. 25
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn
NotesWhen the inscriptions of the extra muros temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ; they disappeared after his visit. For the reconstruction of the position of the pillars in the temple, see Robin 1992 a: 19, fig. 1.
The temple was originally called Hdnn.
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 86-87Robin, 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]
Rossi 2022: 272-273Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.