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Ja 1031a


Jamme 1966 a: fig. 16 (facsimile), pl. XIV

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodE
Textual typologyCommemorative text

TEXT

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   1  Ḥgyt ʾyhr
   2  hgn ḏ-Yzʾn |
   3  qrn b-ʿm mrʾ-(h)
   4  w-ʾ(ḫ)-hw S²rḥʾl
   5  Yqbl ḏ-Yzʾ[n]
   6  b-kl ḏ-b-hw
   7  ts¹ṭr w-qrn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥgyt ʾyhr,
   2  the freed (or the son of a slave mother) of Yzʾn
   3  participated with his lord
   4  and his brother, S²ʾrḥʾl
   5  Yqbl of Yzʾn
   6  in all the battles that he
   7  wrote and described.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBiʾr Ḥimā
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaBiʾr Ḥimà
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundIn situ
NotesThe inscription is engraved near the well of Biʾr Ḥimā.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1966 a: 56-57, pls XIII-XIVJamme, Albert W.F. 1966. Sabaean and Ḥasaean Inscriptions from Saudi Arabia. (Studi Semitici, 23). Rome: Istituto di studi del Vicino Oriente, Università di Roma.
Gajda 1997: 111-112Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence).
Robin 2008 a: 90, fig. 6Robin, Christian J. 2008. Joseph, dernier roi de Ḥimyar (de 522 à 525, ou une des années suivantes). Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 34: 1-125.