Nihm/al-Quṭra 10 MAFRAY-Banū Farās 1
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 51, pl. 49
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.1 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [... ...ʾ](zkn) w-(Yḥmʾl) [.—
2 ...](b)ny S¹ḫymm ʾqwl s²ʿ(b)[n
3 Yrs¹m ](ṯ)lṯ ḏ-Hgrm br ʾw w-gnʾ [.—
4 ...]w-ḥrt ʾrḍ-hmw ḏ-Q(ry)[t—
5 m]((Q(ry)[tn]))[ b- ʿ](ṯ)tr w-ʾlmqhw w-s²ym-h(m)[w
6 Tʾl]b Rymm w-s²(ms¹)-(hmw bʿ)l(t) [.]
7 [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 [...A]zkan et Yaḥummaʾil [... 2 ...] du lignage de Sukhaymum, les qayls de [la] commune 3 de Yarsum,] tiers de Hagarum ont construit et entouré d'une enceinte [... 4 ...] et le canal d'irrigation (la digue ?) de leur terrain de Qarya[tum] (Qarya[tān] ?) 5 [Par ʿA]thtar et Almaqahū et leu[r] patron 6 [Taʾla]b Riyāmum et leur "soleil" (divinité tutélaire), Maîtresse [de ... 7 ..............] |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 131-133 | 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. 34.5, w. 28.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Banū Farās |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed in the house of the sheik of the village of Banū Farās. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Quṭra |
| Ancient site | Mṭrtm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Dam or retaining structure |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 131-133, pl. 49 | 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] |