CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [ʿm]ʾ*ns¹* bn K—
   2  [lb]m kbr nh—
   3  [mt]n ʿbd Wt—
   4  [rʾ]l hqny ʾb—
   5  [ḥm]y b-ḏt Ḥm—
   6  [ym] w-b-ʿṯtr
   7  Bʾs¹n w-b-ʾl—
   8  ʾlt Hrmm w-
   9  b-rʿẓ Wtrʾ—
  10  [l w-H]rmm

Apparatus
4The name of the god to whom the dedication is addressed is not mentioned, but it was surely Mtbnṭyn, as in all the other texts in the temple (in particular, see Haram 17).
2Nhmtn is restored on the basis of its occurrences in Haram 17 and 19. However, as the letter "m" always lacks, it is a hypothetical restoration (Robin 1992 a: 86).
4We do not know whether the object of the dedication (ʾbḥmy) is the pillar or a person.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿmʾns¹ son of
   2  Klbm, kbr of the
   3  stone polishers (?), servant of
   4  Wtrʾl, dedicated
   5  ʾbḥmy, by ḏt
   6  Ḥmym and by ʿṯtr
   7  Bʾs¹n and by the gods
   8  of Haram, and
   9  by the command of
  10  Wtrʾl and Haram.
3nhmtn: translation by Robin.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 260, w. 55, th. 25
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn
NotesWhen the inscriptions of the extra muros temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ; they disappeared after his visit. For the reconstruction of the position of the pillars in the temple, see Robin 1992 a: 19, fig. 1.
The temple was originally called Hdnn.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 85-86Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Rossi 2022: 270-272Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.