Nihm/Banū Ṣāʿ 1 Gr 344; MAFRAY-Banū Ṣāʿ 1; Nihm 10
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 24, pl. 13a
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 24, pl. 13a
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 25, pl. 13b
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 25, pl. 13c
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 26, pl. 13d
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 26, pl. 13e
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5/6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [R](ḏm) bn [... hqny T]—
2 ʾ(l)b (y)wm f(d)[y mwk—
3 l]-(h)w w-rṯd T(ʾlb) (nfs¹)-(h)[w
4 w]-wld-hw ʾ(bkʾ) w-(qny)-(h)[w]
| 1 | [R]ḏm: the integration of this name is hypothetical. |
| 2-3 | ywm fd[y mwkl]-hw: integration proposed by Bauer and Lundin 1998: 129 and based on Nami NN 27, 3-4. |
| 4 | The reading of personal name ʾbkʾ (documented only in Ja 621, 1) is not certain. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 [Ra]dhm fils d'[(Un tel) a dédié à Ta]- 2 ʾlab le jour où il s'acquit[ta de] son [obliga- 3 tion], et il a confié à la protection de Taʾlab s[on] âme 4 [et] son enfant Abkaʾ (?) et s[es] biens. |
| 2-3 | This translation is following that one of A. Jamme in Nami NN 27. |
| 4 | The noun wld, usually with a collective sense, in this context means little boy. |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 90-91 | 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 | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 55, w. 120 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Banū Ṣāʿ |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 128-129, fig. 270 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 90-91, pls 13/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] |