CSAI

Corpus of Northern Middle Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Robin 1992 a: pl.9/a-b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.7
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  ʾlrb mqtwy ʾws¹—
   2  ʾl ḏ-Grfm hqny-ḏ
   3  S¹mwy ʾlh ʾmrm-b—
   4  ʿl Byn ṣlmn ḥg-n →
   5  twk(l)-hw
   6  l-wfy-hw w-
   7  ws³f-hw ḏ-S¹—
   8  mwy nʿmtm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlrb, mqtwy of ʾws¹-
   2  ʾl ḏ-Grfm dedicated to
   3  ḏ-S¹mwy, god of ʾmrm, Master of
   4  Byn, this statue, in respect
   5  to which he petitioned Him for,
   6  in order that ḏ-S¹mwy should save him
   7  and increase for him
   8  prosperity.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 13, w. 17, w. 10.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Byn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 97-98, pl. 9/a-bRobin, 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]