Av. Aqmar 2 Ir 78
By kind permission of K. Noman
- By kind permission of K. Noman
- By kind permission of K. Noman
- By kind permission of K. Noman
- By kind permission of K. Noman
- Avanzini 1985: pl. 17
Image free from copyright - Avanzini 1985: pl. 15/1
Image free from copyright
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʾbʾns¹ w-bn-hw ʾbs²mr w-S²mr w-ʾbkrb w-[... ...]
2 w-hwṯrn w-hs²qrn byt-hmw Yfʿm b-ḫyl w-mlʾ[ ... ... ʿṯtr ḏ-]
3 Ẓhr-Ys¹r w-b mnḍḥ-hmw ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm w-b rdʾ[ ... ... S²]—
4 ddm w-ʾḫwt-hw bny S¹mhs¹mʿ w-Ḥkrs²m w-[... ...]
| 3 | Ẓhr S¹r (Avanzini). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbʾns¹ and his sons ʾbs²mr, S²mr, ʾbkrb and [... ...] 2 laid foundations and completed their palace Yfʿm, by the command and the help of ʿṯtr ḏ- 3 Ẓhr Ys¹r and by their tutelary deity ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm and by the help of [... ...] 4 S²ddm and their brothers the banū S¹mhs¹mʿ and Ḥkrs²m and [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. 58, h. 28 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Aqmār |
| Ancient site | Ytrm |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stone is inserted above the door of the Saint tomb at al-Aqmār. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1985: 93-94, pls 15/1 and 17 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze. |
| al-Iryānī 1992: 52-71, photo | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1992. Naqšāni min al-Aqmār. Dirāsāt Yamanīya, 47: 52-71. |