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KR 8 Ja 2883


Avanzini 2002 a: 127, fig. 2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB2
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The stone is extremely eroded, which makes it impossible to read most of the text. Our reading of ll. 3 and 4, which slightly differs from Jamme's, is also quite uncertain.

TEXT

marker


   1  q[... ...]
   2  [...] b[... ...]m
   3  [...] y[... ...]-(s³yw) (s³)[... ... ](s¹w)
   4  (d)[... ... ]m [...]y b-g[.]r-s³ w-wys³ |
   5  b[... ...] (m)ḥfd(hn) [Y](ḏ)tʾn (h)-(m)rʾ-s¹mn |
   6  (Y)s²[hr]ʾl mk(r)b Ḥḍrmt mt ʾmr-s¹mn (l)qbny(w)

Apparatus
2At the beginning, perhaps a t must be read before the word separator.
3q[... ...] yn[... ...]tm s¹ʾ (Jamme).
4dm [... ...]w-ʿs¹m w-ghy b-mgr-s³ w-wys³ (Jamme).
6Ys²rḥʾl mkrb Ḥḍrmt mt ʾmr-s¹mn l-Qbnyw (Jamme).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  q[... ...]
   2  [...] b[... ...]m
   3  [...] y[... ...] her ? (s³)[... ... ](s¹w)
   4  (d)[... ... ]m [...]y b-g[.]r-s³ and wys³
   5  b[... ...] the tower Yḏtʾn for their lord
   6  Ys²hrʾl mukarrib of Ḥaḍramawt, when he ordained them both the two lqb.
6"when he ordered them both to Qabanyû" (Jamme).
Jamme 1979: 98Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown, M 489
Support typeArchitectural structure » Gate
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 29, w. 46
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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: 97-98, 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. 68Albright, 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: 126-127, fig. 2Avanzini, 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.