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Ja 2891a Ḥabtūr-aḍ-Ḍalʿah 1


Musaibli 1976: 151, photo

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyCommemorative text

GENERAL NOTES

The text is written in a rectangular cartouche. At the right side, there are two graffiti with proper names.

TEXT

marker


   1  Nmrm b—
   2  n S²mrm q—
   3  dm mʾtm—
   4  n b-Ḍlʿt
   5  b-rdʾ S¹yn

Apparatus
Letters d and n are dextrograde.
3-4mʾtm(y)n (Jamme); mʾtm (Ḥabtūr).
4Jamme reads Ḏlʿt.
5Inserted between ll. 1 and 2.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nmrm son of
   2  S²mrm, was in charge
   3  of the estate
   4  in Ḍlʿt,
   5  by the help of S¹yn.
"Was in charge of the two dwellings" (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḌalʿa
Ancient siteḌlʿt
Geographical areaBiʾr ʿAlī
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
NotesḤabtūr, who published the inscription without being aware of Jamme's previous publication, reads the name of the site mentioned in the text as Ḍlʿt (instead of Ḏlʿt), which is also the name of the modern site.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Musaibli 1976: 151, photoMusaibli, A.H. 1976. Tourism in Democratic Yemen. Paris: Delroisse / [Boulogne]: Delroisse.
Jamme 1979: 113Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed]
Ḥabtūr 2001: 107, fig. 19Ḥabtūr, Naṣir Ṣ. 2001. Mawqiʿ al-Ḍalʿa al-aṯarī fī muḥāfaẓa Šabwah. Raydān, 7: 105-109.