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FB-Haram 1


Bron 2010 a: 164, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Yḏkrʾl w-Lḥyʿṯt w-Hmtʿwd w-Hw→fʿṯt bhn ʿ→bd ḏ-ʿs²rn ḏ-ʾhl ʾkwy s³lʾ ʿṯtr Bʾ→s¹n mṣrbn ywm s¹bql [.]—
   2  gw-s¹m Bs¹r b-y→[w]m ʾlkb→r ʾmr w-Ys²hr{|}m→lk Nbṭ

Apparatus
1The last letter of the line is damaged in its upper part: it could be a y, h, l or g; in any case, this word would be a hapax.
2Note that the name Ys²hrmlk (cf. the inscriptions Tairan 2006 and Haram 2) is written divided in the two parts: Ys²hr Mlk.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yḏkrʾl and Lḥyʿṯt and Hmtʿwd and Hwfʿṯt, sons of ʿbd ḏ-ʿs²rn of the clan ʾkwy, dedicated to ʿṯtr Bʾs¹n the altar, when they cultivated
   2  their "[.]gw" (?) Bs¹r, at the time of ʾlkbr ʾmr and Ys²hrmlk Nbṭ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown, Unknown (Private collection)
Support typeArtefact » Altar (mṣrb)
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

The dedication to the Haramite divinity ʿṯtr Bʾs¹n and the mention of the kings ʾlkbr ʾmr and Ys²hrmlk Nbṭ show that this text dates back to a period of independence of Haram. The palaeographical style suggests a dating to the end of period A or beginning of period B.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 2010 a: 163-165, fig. 1Bron, François 2010. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. Semitica et Classica, 3: 163-175.
Rossi 2022: 280Rossi, 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.