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Bari 2021-1


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  Gḥt bn Zʾdm ʿ(b)d bn Ḥnfrm hqny
   2  ʾḫḫtn mws³ltn w-bn-hw Frznm ywm
   3  rs²w ʾḫḫtn b-Rḥbm ḏ-mbny S¹lmtm|

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Gḥt son of Zʾdm servant of the family Ḥnfrm dedicated to
   2  Akhakhatān the mws³ltn and his son Frznm, when
   3  he was priest of Akhakhatān in Raḥbum, in the construction of Salāmatum.
2The term mws³ltn seems to indicate an architectural element involved in a ritual (Prioletta et al. 2021: 333, n. 7).
3Rḥbm likely indicates the temple in which the epigraph was dedicated, whereas S¹lmtm possibly denotes a wider religious area (Prioletta et al. 2021: 332).
Prioletta et al. 2021: 331-332Prioletta, Alessia, Robin, Christian J., Schiettecatte, Jérémie, Gajda, Iwona and Noman, Khaldon 2021. Sabaeans on the Somali coast. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 32/1: 328-339. 2023/10/24; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12202.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Undefined architectural element (mws³lt)
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteAbdexan
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryFederal Republic of Somalia
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Rḥbm of ʾḫḫtn
NotesThe found area of this looted epigraph has remained undisclosed. The area of Abdexan well has been proposed on the basis of comparisons of the landscape (visible in the background of one photograph of the looted area) with Google Earth's digital elevation models (Prioletta et al. 2021: 328-329, fig: 1).
Rḥbm likely indicates the name of the temple where this epigraph was found and in which its author declares to have served as priest (Prioletta et al. 2021: 332).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Prioletta et al. 2021: 330-332, fig. 4Prioletta, Alessia, Robin, Christian J., Schiettecatte, Jérémie, Gajda, Iwona and Noman, Khaldon 2021. Sabaeans on the Somali coast. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 32/1: 328-339. 2023/10/24; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12202.