| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar | ||||
| Material | Stone | ||||
| Measures | h. 260, w. 55, th. 25 | ||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The measures given are generic for all the pillars in the temple. The monogram (see also Haram 16, 21 and 22), composed by the letters "ʾ", "w" and a "b" turned upside down, is repeated twice at the bottom of the text; Robin notes that it is to compare with the monogram of al-Kāfir 29, a graffito found near another temple of Mtbnṭyn. The symbol is defined by Grohmann as a head with a crown. For both symbol and monogram, see also Grohmann 1914: 49-50, fig. 120. |
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn |
| Notes | When 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. |
| Link to site record |
| Title | Haram 17 |
| Concordance | CIH 511 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
| Robin 1992 a | Robin, 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] |
| Grohmann 1914 | Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder. |