Ir 71
Robin 1991-1993 d: 154, fig.42
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʾlṯwb Ydḥq w-bn-hw ʾyfʿ Yrm ʾlht Fw—
2 qmn w-Ḥfnm w-ʿqb ḏ-Hmdn w-kbr Gbrn |
3 brʾw w-hqs²bn w-hs²qrn mʿwnn Hṣlḥn
4 w-mḥwl-hmw Ygl w-mḥrb-hmw Mdt
5 w-s¹qf-hmw Kwkbn b-rdʾ ʾln ḏ-b-s¹myn
6 l-ḥyw ʾmrʾ-hmw w-l-ḥyw ʾfs¹-hmw ʾmn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlṯwb Ydḥq and his son ʾyfʿ Yrm of the family of Fw- 2 qmn and Ḥfnm, governor of Hmdn and kbr of Gbrn 3 built, completed and covered with a roof the residence Hṣlḥn 4 and their residence for guests Ygl and their hall Mdt, 5 their covered room Kwkbn with the help of ʾln, who is in the heaven. 6 For the life of their lords and for the life of themselves! Amen. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
| Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Hṣlḥn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The monogram S¹lwm "shalōm" and the word ʾmn "amen" at the end of the text are the reasons why Robin maintains that the dedicants are Jews and that the text is dated at before the Abyssinian invasion (525 AD).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Iryānī 1988: 21-46 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1988. Naqš min Nāʿiṭ (Iryānī 71-E.71). Dirāsāt Yamanīya, 33: 21-46. |
| Robin 1991-1993 d: 153, fig. 42 (facsimile) | Robin, Christian J. 1991-1993 [1992]. Du paganisme au monothéisme. Pages 139-155 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud. |
| Gajda 1997: 153-154 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |