Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
2 | Mdrm (the editors). |
5 | To be noted the use of the Qatabanic formula b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly, which is also found in another text originating from a region that were formerly under Qataban's rule (UAM 327 from wādī Lajiya). |
English | |
1 Dws¹m ʿmḏm, S¹ʿdʿm, ʿmʾmn Hmt, Hmtʿm and ʿbdʿm Dws¹, descendants of Wʿl, constructed, laid foundations, finished off 2 and completed his house Bdrm, by the help of their god and their Lord ʿm ḏ-Rymtm, Master of the rock of Nwʿn and of the 3 oratory of Hrn, and ʿm ḏ-S²qr Master of S²ʿrt Hdw, and by the help of their solar deities and the tutelary 4 deities of their houses, and by the help and the command of their lord Lḥyʿt Bryn qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln, and Mʿ- 5 dkrb, ʿmydʿ, Ydm, ʿmʾmn and Ns²ʾkrb, banū Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof. |
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 66 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1988. Nuqūš min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 5: 61-80. [Arabic section] |
Deposit | Banī Bakr, 55 (Private collection) |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 22, w.96 , th. 25 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Hadīm |
Ancient site | Hdw |
Geographical area | al-Ḥadd |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Bdrm |
Link to site record |
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 65-66, pl. 4/a, b, c | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1988. Nuqūš min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 5: 61-80. [Arabic section] |