Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Incision | ||||
Chronology |
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The typology of the text is peculiar: something similar to a short commemorative text. |
8-9 | ʿmrt (Robin and Bāfaqīh). |
English | |
1 Rbḥm, son of Ṯwrm, 2 the two vassals of the banū 3 ʿwyfm protected 4 their goods, while they were inhabitants 5 of the city Hakir. He got over 6 this situation of difficulty in the year 7 one hundred forty-six, 8 in the year of Bkrn, son of 9 ʿmrtʿ. That the qayl set up. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hakir (surroundings) |
Ancient site | Hkrm |
Geographical area | Dhamār |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Link to site record |
Robin and Bāfaqīh 1981: 84-87, photo | Robin, Christian J. and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1981. Deux nouvelles inscriptions de Radmān datant du IIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. Raydān, 4: 67- 87. |
Jamme 1988: 68-77, facsimile | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1988. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVI. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202307#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 18 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |