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KR 7 Ja 2884


Avanzini 2002: 136, fig.11

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4 c.
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT

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   1  q(y)[f bny ](Lḥb) b—
   2  (n) (Yfrt) (Y)nʿm h-
   3  ʾs¹[.] w-ṯb b-ḫlfn
   4  (w)-(h)-(ṯ)b b-ṯʿd S¹yn

Apparatus
1Jamme reads confidently: qyf bny Lḥb ("Parts of the last four letters are almost completely destroyed; there remain enough of the inside cutting to ascertain their reading").
1-2Avanzini suggests that it should be emended: bn<y>.
3Jamme reads ʾs¹(r); Avanzini proposes ʾs¹[y].

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Stele of the banu Lḥb who (i.e. which, Ed.)
   2  built Yfrt Ynʿm, in order to be
   3  located and be placed on the gate
   4  and be placed in the (sacred) place of Sin.
Avanzini 2002: 136-137Avanzini, Alessandra 2002. The construction inscriptions on the gate complex. Pages 125-140 in Alessandra Avanzini (ed.). Khor Rori Report 1. (Arabia Antica, 1). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa.

English

   1  Memorial [which] has built Lâḥib, son
   2  of Yufrut Yunʿim, to
   3  be attached and set up at the gate
   4  and to be set up in the irrigated land of Sîn.
Jamme 1979Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed]

English

   1  Stela that Lḥb son of
   2  Yfrt Ynʿm built, in order to be
   3  ? and placed on the gate
   4  and in order to be placed in the (sacred) place of S¹yn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositSalālah, Museum, no. 4 (M 494)
Support typeArchitectural structure » Gate
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 35
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKhawr Rūrī
Ancient siteS¹mhrm / S¹mrm
Geographical areaSouthern Ẓufār
CountryOman
Archaeological contextUrban context: City gate
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1979: 98-99, pl. jJamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed]
Albright 1982: 44, 87, pl. 36, fig. 67Albright, Frank P. 1982. The American Archaeological Expedition in Dhofar, Oman, 1952-1953. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 6). Washington: American Foundation for the Study of Man / Philadelphia, Pa.: Distributed by G. Allen, Bookseller.
Avanzini 2002: 136-137, fig. 11Avanzini, Alessandra 2002. The construction inscriptions on the gate complex. Pages 125-140 in Alessandra Avanzini (ed.). Khor Rori Report 1. (Arabia Antica, 1). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa.