FB-Haram 1
Bron 2010 a: 164, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Yḏkrʾl w-Lḥyʿṯt w-Hmtʿwd w-Hw→fʿṯt bhn ʿ→bd ḏ-ʿs²rn ḏ-ʾhl ʾkwy s³lʾ ʿṯtr Bʾ→s¹n mṣrbn ywm s¹bql [.]—
2 gw-s¹m Bs¹r b-y→[w]m ʾlkb→r ʾmr w-Ys²hr{|}m→lk Nbṭ
| 1 | The last letter of the line is damaged in its upper part: it could be a y, h, l or g; in any case, this word would be a hapax. |
| 2 | Note that the name Ys²hrmlk (cf. the inscriptions Tairan 2006 and Haram 2) is written divided in the two parts: Ys²hr Mlk. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yḏkrʾl and Lḥyʿṯt and Hmtʿwd and Hwfʿṯt, sons of ʿbd ḏ-ʿs²rn of the clan ʾkwy, dedicated to ʿṯtr Bʾs¹n the altar, when they cultivated 2 their "[.]gw" (?) Bs¹r, at the time of ʾlkbr ʾmr and Ys²hrmlk Nbṭ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Altar (mṣrb) |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The dedication to the Haramite divinity ʿṯtr Bʾs¹n and the mention of the kings ʾlkbr ʾmr and Ys²hrmlk Nbṭ show that this text dates back to a period of independence of Haram. The palaeographical style suggests a dating to the end of period A or beginning of period B.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2010 a: 163-165, fig. 1 | Bron, François 2010. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. Semitica et Classica, 3: 163-175. |
| Rossi 2022: 280 | Rossi, 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. |