MuB 671
Bāfaqīh 1994 a: 23, fig. b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Wtrm Yrtʿ bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫw—
2 ln bqr w-brʾ w-hqs²b w-
3 hqḥ bʾr-hw Nhrm b-s¹r-hw Mw—
4 hrn b-ʾḫr ms¹knt Rdmn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wtrm Yrtʿ ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln 2 dug out, constructed, built and 3 completed his well Nhrm, in his valley 4 Mwhrn, in ʾḫr, the residence of Rdmn. |
| 4 | ʾḫr could be a noun: "ïn the last part of the land of Radmān". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | wādī Khir |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Well |
| Notes | According to Bāfaqīh, the valley of Mwhrn mentioned in the inscription is located in the upper valley of ʾḫr (modern Ḫir). ʾḫr opposed to Brm is the name of a part of the wādī Bayḥān in Ja 2361. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 1994 a: 11-13, fig. 1/b | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt. Raydān, 6: 6-26. [Arabic section] |