Haram 1
Robin 1992 a: pl. 6/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 4.4 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The decoration and the form of the letters suggest an archaic dating for this stela. This is an onomastic text, so we cannot define its language. It is to remember that in Haram in the archaic period both the Sabaic and Minaic languages are attested. |
TEXT
1 S¹bl
| Space between b and l. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22.7, w. 15 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 61, pl. 6/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] |
| Rossi 2022: 289 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |