DhM 204
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| See DhM 201 and BynM 1 with the mention of the king Ṯʾrn. |
TEXT
1 ʾbkrb Ynf bn ḏ-Ḥgrm w-ʾṣnʿ w-Ḏḫrm nḥ(y)l ʾ—
2 frs¹n Mytmytn brʾ w-hqs²bn byt-hmw Ykrb b-
3 mqm mrʾ-hmw Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm w-bny-hw Mlkkrb Y—
4 hʾmn w-Ḏmrʿly Yhbr ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmt w-Ymnt
| 4 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbkrb Ynf descendant of ḏ-Ḥgrm, ʾṣnʿ and Ḏḫrm, captain of the ca- 2 valry Mytmytn (?), constructed and built their house Ykrb, by 3 the power of their lord Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm and of his two sons Mlkkrb Y- 4 hʾmn and Ḏmrʿly Yhbr, kings of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt and Yamnat. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 204 |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 31, w. 89, th. 21 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hakir |
| Ancient site | Hkrm |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Ykrb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Noman 2013 | Noman, Khaldon 2013. Nuqūš ǧadīda min Ḏhamār. Raydān, 8: 291-311. |
| Prioletta 2013 a: 187-188 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Inscriptions from the southern highlands of Yemen. The epigraphic collections of the museums of Baynūn and Dhamār. (Arabia Antica, 8). Roma: L'«Erma» di Bretschneider. |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |