Nihm/Barrān 8 MAFRAY-al-Nashshāf 2
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 36, pl. 27
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.0 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [... ...w-bn-hw Ṯwbʾl b]ny (S¹)ḫymm hwṯ(r)w w-b[rʾn w-... ...]
2 w-hs²qrn w-[... ...] ms¹(q)f(n) Ḥẓwm b-rdʾ w-b-mqm (s²)[ym-hmw Tʾlb
3 w-rṯdw ... ... w-](b)n-hw Ṯwbʾl bny S¹ḫy(m)[m ms¹qf-hmw]
4 Ḥẓwm ʿṯtr S²r(qn) (bn) (mh)*b*(ʾs¹m) (w)-(ḏ)-(y)[... ...]
| 2 | The verb brʾ in this period is used more frequently than bny, but the integration of bny is not excluded. The choice of ms¹qfn (covered room), in this context of private nature, is better than ḫlfn (city gate). |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 [(Un tel) et son fils Thawbʾil, le fi]ls de Sukhaymum, ont fondé et con[struit et ... 2 (achevé) (et...) la salle cou]verte Ḥaẓwum avec l'aide et le pouvoir de [leur] pa[tron Taʾlab ; 3 et ont confié (Un tel) et] son fils Thawbʾil, le fils de Sukhaym[um, leur salle couverte 4 Ḥaẓwum à la protection de ʿAthtar Shāri]qān (l'Oriental) de (tout) déprédateur et de celui qui ... |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 108-109 | 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. 24.5, w. 24.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Brn |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | al-Nashshāf |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Barrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | This stone inscription was reemployed in a sheep pen. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 108-109, pl. 27 | 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] |