MS Bayt an-Naǧǧār 1
al-Salami 2011: 210, fig. 30/a
- al-Salami 2011: 210, fig. 30/a
- al-Salami 2011: 210, fig. 30/b
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 - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾ]lyfʿ w-Gʿrm bnw Bkrm b(n)[w] Ṣʿqn hʿs¹ʾw w[... ...]
2 [... ... ]ʾḍrs¹ w-tgyr w-nqb w-mns²ʾ w-mqḥ mʾḫḏ-hmw [ ... ...]
3 [... ...]m b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqhw w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏt (B)[ʿdnm ... ...]
4 [... ...]w w-rbʿ-hmw w-b mrʿy-hmw Hwfʿṯt ʿmdn w-(Y)[... ...]
| 5-7 | Three lines are inscribed on a small fragment: l. 1 ... w..w, l. 2: w(k)fʿt, l. 3: s²[ms¹-hm[w. Basing on the paleography the fragment can likely be attributed to this inscription. It is unclear, however, where this fragment should be placed into the text. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... ʾ]lyfʿ w-Gʿrm, of the family Bkrm, of the family Ṣʿqn, dug out and [... ...] 2 [... ...] the rocks, plastering, cuttting (a canal), collecting (water from the canal), and the completion of their reservoir[ ... ...] 3 [... ...] for ʿṯtr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqhw, ḏt Ḥmym and for ḏt B[ʿdnm ... ...] 4 [... ...] and their tutelary deity and by their lord Hwfʿṯt ʿmdn and Y[... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt an-Najjār |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stone inscription was reemployed in the construction of the local mosque, as a lintel of the western entrance. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 57-60, fig. 30/a-b | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |