CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The editor did not see the original inscription, but only a transcription by a local inhabitant.

TEXT


   1  Hlkʾmr bn Ḏmrydʿ ḏ-Mw—
   2  s³dn w-bn-hw Lḥyʿṯt hqn—
   3  yy ʾlmqh ʿd Nʿmn ms³ndn w-ʾn—
   4  fs¹-hmy w-wld-hmy w-qny-hmy ywm
   5  hṯb-hmy s²ʿb-hmy tʾmnm b-rs²wt-h—
   6  my b-mbny mḥrmn Nʿmn b-ʿṯt—
   7  r w-b-ʾlmqh w-b ḏt Ḥmym w-b
   8  ḏt Bʿdnm w-b s²ʿb-hmy ḏ-Wrwr
   9  w-Ḥ[..]n w-rṯdy ʾlmqh hqnyt-hmy

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hlkʾmr son of Ḏmrydʿ ḏ-Mw—
   2  s³dn, and his son Lḥyʿṯt dedicated to
   3  ʾlmqh at Nʿmn the inscription and themselves
   4  and their sons and their properties, when
   5  their tribe expressed gratitude to them during their priesthood
   6  in the construction of the sanctuary Nʿmn. By ʿṯtr
   7  and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym and by
   8  ḏt Bʿdnm and by their tribe ḏ-Wrwr
   9  and ... and they committed to ʾlmqh their dedication.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Warwar
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ṣilwī 1996: 22-51al-Ṣilwī, Ibrāhim 1996. Naqš ǧadīd min wādī Warwar. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Maǧallat Kulliyyat al-Ādāb, 19: 22-51.