Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Incision | ||||
Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||||
Chronology |
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Notwithstanding Müller's opinion, it seems more likely that the inscription is dated according to the era or Ḥimyar rather than of Radmān. |
English | |
1 [... ...] their cistern Rywm, with the help of ʿAtar ḏ-S³nḥ and ḏ-S¹mʿm 2 [... ...] because a well was distant; from which his (of the group) members will draw water 3 [... ...] this well in the house of the banū Fʾrm, that he cut in the rock 4 [... ...] this well and that well was above 5 [... ...] wadi-side cultivation. In the year one hundred sixty-seven. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 35, w. 63, th. 10 (Grjaznevič); h. 45, w. 90 (Garbini) |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hakir |
Ancient site | Hkrm |
Geographical area | Dhamār |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Garbini 1971 a: 309-310, pl. III | Garbini, Giovanni 1971. Iscrizioni sabee da Hakir. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 31/3: 303-311. |
Lundin 1973: 28-31, photo | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1973. Novye južnoarabiskie nadpisi iz Vadi Ḫirr. Pis' mennye pamjatniki i problemy istorii i kul'tury narodov vostoka, 9: 81-89. |
Grjaznevič 1978: 49-50, fig. 53 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 22 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |