CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  ʾlʾws¹ bn Yfʿʾ—
   2  l ḏ-ʾhl Rymn qy—
   3  n Yḏmr<m>lk w-Wt—
   4  rʾl w-ʾl w-ʿtr
   5  Bʾs¹n w-Hrmm s³l—
   6  ʾ Mtbnṭyn ʾbr—
   7  ḍw ywm kbr ʿrr—
   8  ht /3/ b-rʿẓ Ydʿ—
   9  s¹mh w-Mtbnṭyn
  10  w-b Yḏmrmlk (w)-Wtrʾl

Apparatus
6It is unsure whether the object of the dedication (ʾbrḍw) is the pillar or a person.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlʾws¹ son of Yfʿʾl,
   2  of the clan Rymn, qyn
   3   of Yḏmrmlk and Wtr-
   4  ʾl and ʾl and ʿtr
   5  Bʾs¹n and Haram, dedi-
   6  cated to Mtbnṭyn ʾbrḍw,
   7  when he was kbr of ʿrrht
   8  (during) 3 (years), by the command of Ydʿ-
   9  s¹mh and Mtbnṭyn,
  10  and by Yḏmrmlk and Wtrʾl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 260, w. 55, th. 25
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn
NotesWhen the inscriptions of the temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ. They disappeared after his visit. The temple was originally called Hdnn, then ʾrṯt.
Link to site record

CULTURAL NOTES

The author of the text was kabīr of ʿrrht, probably to be identified with the Sabaic town of ʿrrtm in the lower Jawf.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 76-77Robin, 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: 269-270Rossi, 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.