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 |
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. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
Geographical area | Rayda |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Hṣlḥn |
Link to site record |
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). |