Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.7 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 ʾlrb, mqtwy of ʾws¹- 2 ʾl ḏ-Grfm dedicated to 3 ḏ-S¹mwy, god of ʾmrm, Master of 4 Byn, this statue, in respect 5 to which he petitioned Him for, 6 in order that ḏ-S¹mwy should save him 7 and increase for him 8 prosperity. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 13, w. 17, w. 10.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
Ancient site | Hrm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Byn |
Link to site record |
Robin 1992 a: 97-98, pl. 9/a-b | 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] |