Jarf an-Naʿīmīya
Noman 2012: 281, fig. 98
By kind permission of K. Noman
By kind permission of K. Noman
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 | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 Ḥytn bn |
2 Mʿdn |
3 s¹ṭr Ḥytn Mʿdn b-ywm |
4 s¹bʾ w-ġtzyn ḏ-bn |
5 s²ʿbn Mytmm ʿdy ʾrḍ Ḥḍrm—
6 wt w-s¹rn ḏ-Ḥgr w-ʾtyw s¹wn-hw b-w—
7 fym w-ʾḥllm w-s¹bym w-hwbltm |
8 ḏ-ʿs¹m b-rdʾ ʿṯtr ḏ-S³nḥ w-Mkm w-ʾs²m—
9 s¹-hmw w-ʾlt-hmw w-b-wrḫn Qyẓ qdmn ḏ-
10 b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-ṯmnt w-ṯlṯ mʾtm |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥytn ibn 2 Mʿdn. 3 Ḥytn Mʿdn wrote when 4 some of the tribe Mytmm carried out and conducted a raid 5 in the land of Ḥaḍramawt 6 and in the valley ḏ-Ḥgr. And they came back there in safety 7 with spoils, prisoners and animals taken as booty 8 in great numbers, with the help of ʿṯtr ḏ-S³nḥ and Mkm and their solar 9 deities and their goddesses. In the month Qyẓ, the first, 10 in the year three hundred eight. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jarf an-Naʿīmīya |
| Ancient site | S¹fṭ |
| Geographical area | Mayfaʿat ʿAns |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 13 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |