Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Incision | ||||
Chronology |
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All the vertical division lines are omitted, and sometimes certain letters (d,ḫ,ʾ,n,r), are reversed. |
2 | Hnnm, documented only in this context, could be a lineage name. |
French | |
1 Yaḥmad Aṣdaq 2 fils de Yaḥummaʾil et les fils de Hananum 3 et Yaḥummaʾil. Au mois de dhū qiyāẓān 4 de (l'an) six cents. Les fils de dhū Namir. |
3 | wrḫ-hw-ḏ-Qyẓn: this month corresponds to June. |
Frantsouzoff 2016: 91-92 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Banū Ṣāʿ |
Ancient site | unknown |
Geographical area | Nihm |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Notes | Near the site, emerging from the ground. |
Link to site record |
Frantsouzoff 2016: 91-92, pls 14/a-c | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |