SR - Nāʿiṭ 1
Rijziger 2017 b: 241, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 Rbm ʾḫṭr bn Gdnm w-Ḥbtlm w-ḏ-Zbnr bn Brqm (Y)ʿr(r) bn Ḥbtlm
2 [... ...] (kl) gn(t)n Ts²fq w-mʿyn-hw y(m)[.] b-[kn] wqh-hw mrʾhw S²ʿrm ʾwt
3 [r mlk S¹bʾ w-]ḏ-R(y)dn b[n ʿlhn Nhfn mlk S¹bʾ ... ...]
| 2 | y(m)[...... was probably the beginnning of the mentioned basin. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbm ʾḫṭr, member of Gdnm and Ḥbtlm and ḏ-Zbnr, son of Brqm Yʿrr, descendant of Ḥbtlm, 2 [...] the garden (named) Ts²fq and its basin ..., [when?] his lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, 3 [king of S¹bʾ and] ḏ-R(y)dn, son [of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of S¹bʾ,] ordered him [...] |
| Rijziger 2017 b: 241 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
| Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
S²ʿrm ʾwtr ruled alone approximately from 210 to 230 AD.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rijziger 2017 b: 241, fig. 2 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2. |