MS Bayt al-Ḥaysa 1
al-Salami 2011: 211, fig. 31
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾrzn|
2 w-ʾḫ-h—
3 w w-bn-h—
4 w bnw Rs²d hqnyw
5 Ḥgrm bʿl Tnʿ ms³n—
6 [d]n ḥg-n yqh-hw b-ms¹ʾl-hw|
7 [l-wf]y-hmw
| 5 | Tnʿ is the name of a mountain, where the sanctuary of the god was. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾrzn, 2 his brother, 3 and his son, 4 of the family the Rs²d, dedicated to 5 Ḥgrm, the Lord of Tnʿ, the inscrip- 6 tion, as he had ordered in his oracle, 7 for their well-being. |
| al-Salami 2011: 60-61 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. 32 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt al-Ḥaysa |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Jiḥāna |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Ḥgrm bʿl Tnʿ |
| Notes | The plaque was found by an inhabitant of the village Bayt al-Ḥaysa while he was constructing his own house, below the floor. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 60-61, fig. 31 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |