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Haram 54


Höfner 1966: 32, no. 65 (facsimile)

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 - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  (Ṯ)nym bn ʿ(b)dm ḏ-
   2  Ḥyr hqny Mtbn—
   3  ṭyn ʾlḥẓr b-yw—
   4  [m ... ...]

Apparatus
3we do not know whether the object of the dedication (ʾlḥẓr) is the pillar or a person.
4The stone is broken below l.3, but the text should have continued in further lines. Robin restores b-yw[m Wtrʾl ... ...] as he notes that the inscriptions from the temple of Mtbnṭyn in Haram written in Sabaic language are mainly dated to the reign of Wtrʾl.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṯnym son of ʿbdm ḏ-
   2  Ḥyr dedicated to Mtbnṭyn
   3  ʾlḥẓr; at the time of
   4  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositḤurayḍa, Unknown (Private collection)
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesThe stone probably comes from the extra muros temple of Hrm, consecrated to the cult of the god Mtbnṭyn.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1966: 32, no. 65 (facsimile)Höfner, Maria 1966. Bearbeitung der von Carl Rathjens in Sabaeica I und II in Abbildungen veröffentlichten altsüdarabischen Inschriften, sowie einiger sonstiger von ihm gesammelter Inschriftensteine. (Carl Rathjens, Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. III). (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 28). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Cram, de Gruyter and Co..
Robin 1992 a: 123-124, pl. 20/bRobin, 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: 277-278Rossi, 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.