By kind permission of S. Rijziger
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text
TEXT marker
1 Br(g) Yḥmd w-bn-hw Yrm Nmrn w-Ns²ʾkr(b) w-ʾnḍr w-Krbʿṯt 2 bnw ʾnḍr Y(h)rḥb bnw Ddn qnyw w-brʾ byt-hmw Wtrn 3 b-mqm s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm w-b-mqymt ʾmrʾ-hmw Nṣrm 4 Yhʾm(n) w-(Ṣ)dq Yhṭl bny Hmd(n)
Apparatus 2 RES: ʾnbr. 4 RES: Ṣdq Yhb l-yhṭl bny Hmdn.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 Brg Yḥmd and his son Yrm Nmrn and Ns²ʾkrb and ʾnḍr and Krbʿṯt
2 descendants of ʾnḍr Yhrḥb of the family Ddn acquired and built their house Wtrn
3 by the power of their patron Tʾlb Rymm and by the power of their lords Nṣrm
4 Yhʾmn and Ṣdq Yhṭl banū Hamdān.
OBJECT INFORMATIONSupport type Inscription on architectural structure Material Stone Measures h. 35, w. 150 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin and provenance Modern site Nāʿiṭ Ancient site Nʿṭm Geographical area Rayda Country Yemen Found Reemployed. In modern times Archaeological context Urban context: Private house Wtrn Notes The stone is now reemployed in the outside wall of the village mosque (information kindly provided by S. Rijziger). Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYRyckmans, Gonzague 1939 a : 105-107Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon , 52: 51-112. Nāmī 1943 : 33-36Nāmī, Khalīl Y. 1943. Našr nuqūš sāmīyya qadīma min ǧanūb bilād al-ʿarab wa-šarḥu-hā . al-Qāhira: al-Maṭbaʿa al-ʿIlmī al-Faransī li-l-Āṯār al-Šarqiyya. Grjaznevič 1978 : 20, fig. 6Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg . Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury . 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.