CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

It is impossible to determine whether this text is Early Sabaic or Minaic, as the inscriptions of the temple are in both languages. The temple was originally called Hdnn. Its inscriptions disappeared after Halévy's visit. This is probably a fragment of a dedicatory text, like all the other inscriptions on the pillars of the temple.

TEXT


   1  [... ... Mtb]—
   2  nṭyn w-ḏt-Ḥmym
   3  w-Hrmm

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 260, w. 55, th. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 91Robin, 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: 292-293Rossi, 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.