CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Nihm/Barrān 7 MAFRAY-al-Ḥawl 1


Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 35, pl. 26

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.7-5
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  (Ẓbym) (Yrḥ)b b(n) S¹ḫymm s³l(ʿ)
   2  [w]-(h)[w]ṯ[r]n w-ʿḏbn ṣlt byt-h—
   3  [mw l-m](s²rq)ytn b-ʿṯtr-S²rqn

Apparatus
2The reconstruction of the infinitive hwṯrn is based on the parallel texts DJE 12=Lu 21/2 and Zafar-Garbini 1=Ga 1A/3.

Following the editor, ṣlt is connected to the root ṢLW (not ṢLL), see the orthographic variant ṣlwt in Rb VI/05 no. 61 a-d/2.

TRANSLATIONS

Frantsouzoff 2016
French

   1  Ẓabyum Yurḥib du lignage de Sukhaymum a extrait des pierres,
   2  a commencé des traveaux depuis les [fon]da[tions] et a réparé le revêtement de le[ur] maison
   3  [du côté o]riental. Par ʿAthtar Shāriqān (l'Oriental).
Frantsouzoff 2016: 106-107Frantsouzoff, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 27, w. 52
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteBrn
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house
Link to site record
Provenance
Modern siteal-Ḥawl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaBarrān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThis stone inscription in 1978 was going to be reemployed in a private house near the village of al-Ḥawl.
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2016: 106-107, pl. 26Frantsouzoff, 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]