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Jamme 1988: 69
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Date146 Radm

GENERAL NOTES

The typology of the text is peculiar: something similar to a short commemorative text.

TEXT


   1  Rbḥm bn Ṯ—
   2  wrm mʾdby bn—
   3  y ʿwyfm ḥffy
   4  qny-hmy ḥwry
   5  hgrn Hkrm w-kw—
   6  ḥ ḏn mʿhnn b-ḫrfn
   7  ḏ-l-s¹ṯt w-ʾrbʿy w-m—
   8  ʾtm b-ḫrf Bkrn bn ʿ—
   9  mrtʿ ḏ-s²m qwln

Apparatus
8-9ʿmrt (Robin and Bāfaqīh).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rbḥm, son of Ṯwrm,
   2  the two vassals of the banū
   3  ʿwyfm protected
   4  their goods, while they were inhabitants
   5  of the city Hakir. He got over
   6  this situation of difficulty in the year
   7  one hundred forty-six,
   8  in the year of Bkrn, son of
   9  ʿmrtʿ. That the qayl set up.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHakir (surroundings)
Ancient siteHkrm
Geographical areaDhamār
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin and Bāfaqīh 1981: 84-87, photoRobin, Christian J. and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1981. Deux nouvelles inscriptions de Radmān datant du IIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. Raydān, 4: 67- 87.
Jamme 1988: 68-77, facsimileJamme, Albert W.F. 1988. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVI. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202307#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 18Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.