Wādī Ḥarīr 1
Robin and Arbach 2009: 304, fig. 3
- Robin and Arbach 2009: 304, fig. 3
- Robin and Arbach 2009: 305, fig. 4
- Robin and Arbach 2009: 306, fig. 5
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Wtrm Yrtʿ bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln qyl Rdmn w-Ḫwln bqr w-br—
2 ʾ w-hqḥ kl ḥrt w-mbrʾt w-nqbt w-mflqt w-ʿglm mʾḫḏn l-w—
3 fy s¹r-hw Ḥrrm b-ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm bʿl S¹lym w-Lmmm
4 w-ʿm ḏ-Rymtm bʿl ẓr Nwʿn w-mknnt Hrn w-ḏt Ẓhrn w-
5 s²ms¹-hw w-b-rdʾ w-tḥrg mrʾ-hw ʿmdn Yhqbḍ mlk S¹bʾ w-
6 ḏ-Rydn w-b-ʾḫyl w-mns²ʾ ʾs²ʿb yqlnn bnw Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wtrm Yrtʿ ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln qyl of Rdmn and ḏ-Ḫwln dug up, built 2 and completed the whole retention wall, constructions, channels, openings and diversion mole of the dam for 3 the well-being of his valley Ḥrrm, by ʿṯtr S²rqn, ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm Master of S¹lym and Lmmm, 4 ʿm ḏ-Rymtm Master of the rock of Nwʿn and of the oratory of Hrn, ḏt Ẓhrn and 5 his solar deity, and by the help and the command of their lord ʿmdn Yhqbḍ king of Sabaʾ and 6 ḏu-Raydān, and by the power and the mobilization of the tribes of which the banū Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln are the yqlnn. |
| According to Robin, the term ḥrt means here a different type of dam than in MAFRAY-dhū-Ḥadīd 2, MAFRAY-al-Maktūba 1 and MAFRAY-Ḥisāya 1. |
| French | |
1 Wātarum Yartaʿ b. Maʿāhir et dhu-Khawlān, prince de Radmān et Khawlān, a 2 creusé, édifilé et achevé avec succès la totalité du mur de retenue, des parties construites, des canaux, des ouvertures et des digues du barrage, pour le bien-être de sa vallée 3 Ḥarīrum , avec ʿAthtar l'Oriental, ʿAmm dhu-Mbrqm maÎtre de Slym et de Lmmm 4 ʿAmm dhu-Rymtm maÎtre du rocher de Nwʿn et de l'oratoire de Hirrān, dhāt Ẓaharān et 5 sa divinité protectrice, avec l'aide et l'autorité de son seigneur ʿAmdān Yuhaqbiḍ roi de Sabaʾ et de 6 dhu-Rhydān et avec les forces et la mobilisation des communes dont les banū Maʿāhir et dhu-Khawlān sont les princes. |
| Robin and Arbach 2009: 298 | Robin, Christian J. and Arbach, Mounir 2009. L'inscription de fondation du barrage du wādī Ḥarīr (Yémen). Pages 297-306 in Werner Arnold, Michael Jursa, Walter W. Müller and Stephan Procházka (eds). Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica In memoriam Alexander Sima. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 50, w. 85 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | wādī Ḥarīr |
| Ancient site | Ḥrrm |
| Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Dam or retaining structure |
| Notes | The retaining structure is made by two dams. The inscribed rock is located on the left side of the wādī, near the lowstream dam. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Arbach 2009: 298-301, figs 3-5 | Robin, Christian J. and Arbach, Mounir 2009. L'inscription de fondation du barrage du wādī Ḥarīr (Yémen). Pages 297-306 in Werner Arnold, Michael Jursa, Walter W. Müller and Stephan Procházka (eds). Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica In memoriam Alexander Sima. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| al-Aġbarī 2010: 96-106, photo | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2010. Naqš musnadī ǧadīd min manṭaqa al-Ṭaffa - Wādī Ḥarīr. al-Iklīl, 35-36: 96-106. |