Ja 2891a Ḥabtūr-aḍ-Ḍalʿah 1
Musaibli 1976: 151, photo
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is written in a rectangular cartouche. At the right side, there are two graffiti with proper names. |
TEXT
1 Nmrm b—
2 n S²mrm q—
3 dm mʾtm—
4 n b-Ḍlʿt
5 b-rdʾ S¹yn
| Letters d and n are dextrograde. | |
| 3-4 | mʾtm(y)n (Jamme); mʾtm (Ḥabtūr). |
| 4 | Jamme reads Ḏlʿt. |
| 5 | Inserted between ll. 1 and 2. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nmrm son of 2 S²mrm, was in charge 3 of the estate 4 in Ḍlʿt, 5 by the help of S¹yn. |
| "Was in charge of the two dwellings" (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḍalʿa |
| Ancient site | Ḍlʿt |
| Geographical area | Biʾr ʿAlī |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | Ḥabtūr, who published the inscription without being aware of Jamme's previous publication, reads the name of the site mentioned in the text as Ḍlʿt (instead of Ḏlʿt), which is also the name of the modern site. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Musaibli 1976: 151, photo | Musaibli, A.H. 1976. Tourism in Democratic Yemen. Paris: Delroisse / [Boulogne]: Delroisse. |
| Jamme 1979: 113 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A205328#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Ḥabtūr 2001: 107, fig. 19 | Ḥabtūr, Naṣir Ṣ. 2001. Mawqiʿ al-Ḍalʿa al-aṯarī fī muḥāfaẓa Šabwah. Raydān, 7: 105-109. |