BaBa al-Ḥadd 6 CSAI II, 3; Robin-Bron Masjid an-Nūr 1
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 80, pl.6
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [... ... ](w)-(Wtrm)( w)-(Dws¹m)( bn)w Ys²(rn) (w)-[... ...]
2 w ʿbdʿm w-Hwfʿm bnw ḏ-S¹frm ʾqwl s²ʿbn S¹frm
3 ʿs²qw w-s¹qḥ ʾbrṯ S²ms¹-hmw b-ʿrn
4 [... ...]ʿm b-ʾḫyl s²ʿb-hmw w-mʾdbt-hmw S¹fr[m]
| 1 | At the beginning of the line: bnw Ys²rn w-ḏ-Bs¹... ...w-[bn-hm]w, at the end: w-S¹yḍ[... ...] (Robin and Bron); however, on the basis of Laḥj n° 61, it must be integrated ʾmʾmn (at the beginning); w-bn-s¹mw (at the end). |
| 3 | s¹ʿ]s²qw (Robin and Bron). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and Wtrm and Dws¹m banū Ys²rn [and S¹yḍ ... ...] 2 and ʿbdʿm and Hwfʿm those of ḏ-S¹frm ʾqwl of the tribe S¹frm 3 cut and completed (the construction of) the holy places of their S²ms¹ on the mountain 4 [... ...]ʿm; by the power of their tribe and their vassals the S¹frm. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 516 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 20, w. 80 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Masjid an-Nūr |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadd |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S²ms²-hmw |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Bron 1979: 142-145, pl. VIII, 2 | Robin, Christian J. and Bron, François 1979. Deux inscriptions sudarabique du Haut-Yafiʿ (Sud Yémen). Semitica, 29: 137-145. |
| Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 70-71, pl. 6 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1988. Nuqūš min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 5: 61-80. [Arabic section] |