| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| 7 | It is unsure whether the object of the dedication (Ẓwrʿdn) is the pillar or a person. |
| English | |
1 Yhqm Ṯmrn son of 2 Ḍḫzmm, father of Lḥyʿṯt, 3 of the clan Rymn, 4 qyn of Yḏmrmlk 5 and Bʿṯtr and Haram, 6 dedicated to Mtbnṭyn 7 Ẓwrʿdn, when 8 he was kbr of the irrigation 9 during 3 years and cultivated 10 Ṯmrn - a number of 63 (measures) - 11 and was kbr of the Ḥaḍramawt, 12 by the command of Wd and ʿṯtr 13 ḏ-Rḥbh and Ydʿs¹mh, 14 and Mtbnṭyn 15 and ḏt Ḥmym and 16 ʿṯtr Bʾs¹n, by 17 Yḏmrmlk and Bʿṯtr 18 and Haram. |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 260, w. 55, th. 25 |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn |
| Notes | When the inscriptions of the temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ. They disappeared after his visit. The temple was originally called Hdnn, then ʾrṯt. |
| Link to site record |
| Robin 1992 a: 77-78 | 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: 258-259 | 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. |