Arbach al-Ḥalabī-Ḥadda 2
Arbach and al-Ḥalabī 2005: 42
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| 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 - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] bn Ḏrḥn w-ʿlhn ḏy ʿḍdn qw[ly]
2 [... ...] ġyl-hw Ygḍ w-qlt-hw Myḥ(m)
3 [... ... ʾ](lmqh) w-ḏt Ḥmym
4 [... ...]
| The text could be fragmentary on the left side too. | |
| 3 | b-ʿṯtr w-b Hwbs¹] (editors). |
| 4 | [w-ḏt Bʿdn] (editors). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [......] descendant of Ḏrḥn and ʿlhn, they of ʿḍdn, qayls of 2 [......] its (or: his) water-course Ygḍ and its (or: his) basin Myḥm 3 [......] ʾlmqh and ḏt Ḥmym. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 19, w. 42 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAṭṭān |
| Ancient site | ʿḍdn |
| Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The family ʿḍdn is the princely clan of the tribe of the same name, ʿḍdn (cf. MṢM 6764 and Ja 666), whose territory was south-west of Ṣanʿāʾ (see Robin 2013: 149-150).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and al-Ḥalabī 2005: 41, fig. 2 | Arbach, Mounir and al-Ḥalabī, Muḥammad 2005. Awwal naqš sabaʾī yaḏkur madīna Ḥadda. Ṣanʿāʾ fī ḥawālī al-qarn al-ṯanī qabla al-mīlād. Adūmātū, 12: 39-44. |
| Robin 2013 a: 149-150, fig. 5 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. Matériaux pour une prosopographie de l'Arabie antique: les noblesses sabéenne et ḥimyarite avant et après l'Íslam. Pages 127-269 in Christian J. Robin and Jérémie Schiettecatte. Les préludes de l'Islam. Ruptures et continuités des civilisations du Proche-Orient, de l'Afrique orientale, de l'Arabie et de l'Inde à la veille de l'Islam. (Orient et Méditerranée, 11). Paris: De Boccard. |