Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Relief | ||
Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 Ḥẓyn of the royal court, 2 his brother ʿbdʾymn and their wives 3 built their house Ḥḏ- 4 ḥrmm from its foundation to its top. 5 With the help of Rḥmnn and with the help of the king. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 47, w. 32 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Bayt al-Ashwāl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Ẓafār |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Ẓafār |
Ancient site | Ẓfr |
Geographical area | Ẓafār |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house ḏ-Ḥrmn |
Link to site record |
Garbini 1973 a: 43-45, pl. III/a | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Nuove iscrizioni sabee. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/1: 31-46. |
Ryckmans, Jacques 1991-1993: fig. 12 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1991-1993 [1992]. Le rôle de la paléographie dans la datation des inscriptions. Pages 25–35 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud. |
Robin 1991-1993 d: 155 | Robin, Christian J. 1991-1993 [1992]. Du paganisme au monothéisme. Pages 139-155 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud. |
Gajda 1997: 158 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |