Nihm/Banū Ṣāʿ 2 MAFRAY-Banū Ṣāʿ 2
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 27, pl. 14a
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 27, pl. 14a
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 28, pl. 14b
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 28, pl. 14c
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| All the vertical division lines are omitted, and sometimes certain letters (d,ḫ,ʾ,n,r), are reversed. |
TEXT
1 Yḥmd-ʾṣdq
2 bn-Yḥmʾl-w-bnw-Hnnm
3 w-Yḥmʾl-wrḫ-hw-ḏ-Qyẓ(n)
4 ḏ-l-s¹ṯ-mʾ(t)m bnw-ḏ-Nmr
| 2 | Hnnm, documented only in this context, could be a lineage name. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Yaḥmad Aṣdaq 2 fils de Yaḥummaʾil et les fils de Hananum 3 et Yaḥummaʾil. Au mois de dhū qiyāẓān 4 de (l'an) six cents. Les fils de dhū Namir. |
| 3 | wrḫ-hw-ḏ-Qyẓn: this month corresponds to June. |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 91-92 | Frantsouzoff, 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 type | Rock inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Banū Ṣāʿ |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | Near the site, emerging from the ground. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ḏ-l-s¹ṯ-mʾtm: it concerns certainly the ḥimyarite era, i.e. 490 AD.
This text is probably dated in the last year of the 6th century of ḥimyarite era (cf. Frantsouzoff 2016: 92).
This text is probably dated in the last year of the 6th century of ḥimyarite era (cf. Frantsouzoff 2016: 92).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 91-92, pls 14/a-c | Frantsouzoff, 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] |