Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Relief | ||||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
1 | Jamme 1961 identifies ʿbdkllm with a Himyarite king named ʿAbdkulāl, who professed Christianity, mentioned in the Arabic tradition. |
2 | The beginning of the line 2 is not read by Müller; the name of the group is read by Müller: Fwlm |
3 | letter d reversed; the name of the palace is read by Müller: Yrs³ (see CIH 644, 1), CIH read: Yrt. |
3-4 | brʾw (CIH). |
English | |
1 ʿbdkllm and his wife ʾbʿly, daughter of ʾlh[.... ]- 2 ... and their sons Hnʾm and Hʿll of the clan of Qwlm (or, Fwlm) built 3 and complete their house Yrs³ with the help of Rḥmnn. He built it 4 in the month of Ḫrf of the year five hundred and seventy-three. Life! |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Yrs³ |
Link to site record |
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 192-194, facsimile and photo | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
Gajda 1997: 49-50 | 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). |
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 78 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
Jamme 1961 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1961. La dynastie de Šaraḥbiʾil Yakûf et la documentation épigraphique sud-arabe. (Publications de l'Institut historique et archéologique néerlandais de Stamboul, 9). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut van het Nabije. |