Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
3 | RES corrects the reading of the b in ʾ and restores [Hq]m(ʾ)l. |
4 | It is unsure whether the object of the dedication (ʾbḥmy) is the pillar or a person. |
8 | The restoration of the mimation for Hrm is plausible on the basis of the other inscriptions of the temple. |
English | |
1 ʿyr son of B[... ...], 2 father of Lḥyʿṯt [and of ..]- 3 mbl, of the clan [... ...] 4 dedicated to Mtbnṭyn 5 ʾbḥmy, by ʿṯtr and Wd 6 and Ydʿs¹mh and the 7 gods of Haram, and [by the command of] 8 Wtrʾl and Haram. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 260, w. 55, th. 25 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
Ancient site | Hrm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn |
Notes | When the inscriptions of the temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ. They disappeared after his visit. The temple was originally called Hdnn, then ʾrṯt. |
Link to site record |
Robin 1992 a: 89 | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |