KR 8 Ja 2883
Avanzini 2002 a: 127, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The stone is extremely eroded, which makes it impossible to read most of the text. Our reading of ll. 3 and 4, which slightly differs from Jamme's, is also quite uncertain. |
TEXT
1 q[... ...]
2 [...] b[... ...]m
3 [...] y[... ...]-(s³yw) (s³)[... ... ](s¹w)
4 (d)[... ... ]m [...]y b-g[.]r-s³ w-wys³ |
5 b[... ...] (m)ḥfd(hn) [Y](ḏ)tʾn (h)-(m)rʾ-s¹mn |
6 (Y)s²[hr]ʾl mk(r)b Ḥḍrmt mt ʾmr-s¹mn (l)qbny(w)
| 2 | At the beginning, perhaps a t must be read before the word separator. |
| 3 | q[... ...] yn[... ...]tm s¹ʾ (Jamme). |
| 4 | dm [... ...]w-ʿs¹m w-ghy b-mgr-s³ w-wys³ (Jamme). |
| 6 | Ys²rḥʾl mkrb Ḥḍrmt mt ʾmr-s¹mn l-Qbnyw (Jamme). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 q[... ...] 2 [...] b[... ...]m 3 [...] y[... ...] her ? (s³)[... ... ](s¹w) 4 (d)[... ... ]m [...]y b-g[.]r-s³ and wys³ 5 b[... ...] the tower Yḏtʾn for their lord 6 Ys²hrʾl mukarrib of Ḥaḍramawt, when he ordained them both the two lqb. |
| 6 | "when he ordered them both to Qabanyû" (Jamme). |
| Jamme 1979: 98 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A205328#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, M 489 |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Gate |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 29, w. 46 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Khawr Rūrī |
| Ancient site | S¹mhrm / S¹mrm |
| Geographical area | Southern Ẓufār |
| Country | Oman |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City gate |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1979: 97-98, pl. j | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A205328#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Albright 1982: 44, 87, pl. 36, fig. 68 | Albright, Frank P. 1982. The American Archaeological Expedition in Dhofar, Oman, 1952-1953. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 6). Washington: American Foundation for the Study of Man / Philadelphia, Pa.: Distributed by G. Allen, Bookseller. |
| Avanzini 2002: 126-127, fig. 2 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2002. The construction inscriptions on the gate complex. Pages 125-140 in Alessandra Avanzini (ed.). Khor Rori Report 1. (Arabia Antica, 1). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |