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Haram 5 CIH 512


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy considered this inscription as the one with the most beautiful writing style in the temple.

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾws¹ bn ʾws¹ʾ—
   2  l ḏ-ʾhl Rymn
   3  rs²w ʾl w-ʿṯ—
   4  tr qyn Yḏmr{|}—
   5  mlk w-Wtrʾl
   6  | hqny Mtbnṭ—
   7  yn ʾbs²fq |
   8  b-Wdm w-b-Ydʿs¹m—
   9  h w-ʾlʾlt |
  10  Hrmm

Apparatus
7We do not know whether the object of the dedication (ʾbs²fq) is the pillar or a person.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾws¹ son of ʾws¹ʾl
   2  of the clan Rymn,
   3  priest of ʾl and
   4  ʿṯtr, qyn of
   5  Yḏmrmlk and Wtrʾl,
   6  dedicated to Mtbnṭyn
   7  ʾbs²fq;
   8  by Wdm and by Ydʿs¹mh
   9  and the gods
  10  of Haram.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 260, w. 55, th. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn
NotesWhen the inscriptions of the extra muros temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ; they disappeared after his visit. For the reconstruction of the position of the pillars in the temple, see Robin 1992 a: 19, fig. 1.
The temple was originally called Hdnn.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 69-70Robin, 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: 266Rossi, 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.