CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 53
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Date167 Ḥim

GENERAL NOTES

Notwithstanding Müller's opinion, it seems more likely that the inscription is dated according to the era or Ḥimyar rather than of Radmān.

TEXT


   1  [... ...] krf-hmw Rywn b-rdʾ ʿtr ḏ-S³nḥ w-ḏ-S¹mʿm |
   2  [... ... ]w-ʿln ḏt rḥqt bʾrm ḏt bn-hw ys¹tʾbnn b—
   3  [ ... ... h]wt bʾrn ʿdy byt bny Fʾrm ḏ-ywbd |
   4  [... ... ]hwt bʾrn w-kwnt hyʾ bʾrn b-ʿlw
   5  [... ...]t ʿbrtm w-b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-s¹bʿt w-s¹ṯy w-mʾt

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] their cistern Rywm, with the help of ʿAtar ḏ-S³nḥ and ḏ-S¹mʿm
   2  [... ...] because a well was distant; from which his (of the group) members will draw water
   3  [... ...] this well in the house of the banū Fʾrm, that he cut in the rock
   4  [... ...] this well and that well was above
   5  [... ...] wadi-side cultivation. In the year one hundred sixty-seven.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 35, w. 63, th. 10 (Grjaznevič); h. 45, w. 90 (Garbini)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteHakir
Ancient siteHkrm
Geographical areaDhamār
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1971 a: 309-310, pl. IIIGarbini, Giovanni 1971. Iscrizioni sabee da Hakir. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 31/3: 303-311.
Lundin 1973: 28-31, photoLundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1973. Novye južnoarabiskie nadpisi iz Vadi Ḫirr. Pis' mennye pamjatniki i problemy istorii i kul'tury narodov vostoka, 9: 81-89.
Grjaznevič 1978: 49-50, fig. 53Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 22Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.