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 | Commemorative text |
English | |
1 Ḥgyt ʾyhr, 2 the freed (or the son of a slave mother) of Yzʾn 3 participated with his lord 4 and his brother, S²ʾrḥʾl 5 Yqbl of Yzʾn 6 in all the battles that he 7 did and described. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Biʾr Ḥimā |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Biʾr Ḥimà |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Found | In situ |
Notes | The inscription is engraved near the well of Biʾr Ḥimā. |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1966 a: 56-57, pls XIII-XIV | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1966. Sabaean and Ḥasaean Inscriptions from Saudi Arabia. (Studi Semitici, 23). Rome: Istituto di studi del Vicino Oriente, Università di Roma. |
Gajda 1997: 111-112 | 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). |
Robin 2008 a: 90, fig. 6 | Robin, Christian J. 2008. Joseph, dernier roi de Ḥimyar (de 522 à 525, ou une des années suivantes). Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 34: 1-125. |