Av. Noʿḍ 9
Avanzini 1985: pl. 34
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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 |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʾzb(r w)[...] bn-hmw Whbʾl w-ʾws¹ʾl bnw Whbʾ(l)[ ... ...]
2 [... ... ](b)rʾ w-hs²qrn w-ḥẓyn byty-hmw Ḫmrn w-Kwkbn w-ms³wdn M[... ...]
3 [..]w w-mwrt-hw w-tbytt-hw w-kl ṣrḥt w-krf b-ḫlf fnw byt-hmw (b)-[... ... mr]—
4 ʾ-hmw Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾmn bn Grt ʾqwl s²ʿbn Ḏmry w-b-ḫyl w-mqm ʿṯtr ʿ(z)[zm w-ḏt Ẓhr]—
5 n bʿly ʿrn Knn w-b ʿṯtr w-S²ms¹m bʿly Kdt rbʿy ʾmrʾ-hmw bny[ ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
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1 [... ...]ʾzbr and [...] their sons Whbʾl, ʾws¹ʾl of the family Whbʾl [ ... ...] 2 [... ... ] constructed, completed and finished off their palaces Ḫmrn and Kwkbn and the hall M[... ...] 3 [..] and its access ways, its plastering and all the upper rooms, and the cistern in front of their house, by [... ...] 4 of their lord Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾmn descendant of Grt ʾqwl of the tribe Dhamarī, and by the authority and the power of ʿṯtr ʿzzm and ḏt Ẓhrn 5 Masters of the mountain Knn, and by ʿṯtr and S²ms¹m Masters of Kdt, tutelary deity of their lords the family [ ... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Naʿḍ |
| Ancient site | Nʿḍ |
| Geographical area | Waʿlān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Ḫmrn w-Kwkbn |
| Notes | Inserted on a house wall. The left part is covered by plaster. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾmn could be identified with the future king of Sabaʾ, son of Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ.
For a historical and cultural study of the tribe Dhamarī and its fractions of Samharum and Qashamum, see Robin 1987 c.
For a historical and cultural study of the tribe Dhamarī and its fractions of Samharum and Qashamum, see Robin 1987 c.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1985: 108-109, pl. 34 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze. |
| Robin 1987 c | Robin, Christian J. 1987. L'inscription Ir 40 de Bayt Ḍabʿân et la tribu Ḏmry. Appendice: Les inscriptions Gl 1192, Gl 1197 et Gr 27. Pages 113-157 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |