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Haram 14 RES 2745; M 13


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

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   1  Yḏkrʾl bn H—
   2  ḥwd ʾb Mʿdn
   3  | ḏ-ʾhl ʾkwy s³—
   4  lʾ Mtbnṭyn |
   5  Hʿdn b-rʿẓ Y—
   6  dʿs¹mh w-b Mt—
   7  bnṭyn w-b Wd |
   8  b-ywm Yḏmrm—
   9  [l]k w-Bʿṯtr |

Apparatus
5It is unsure whether the object of the dedication (Hʿdn) is the pillar or a person.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yḏkrʾl son of
   2  Hḥwd, father of Mʿdn,
   3  of the clan ʾkwy,
   4  dedicated to Mtbnṭyn
   5  Hʿdn, by the command of
   6  Ydʿs¹mh, and by
   7  Mtbnṭyn and by Wd,
   8  at the time of Yḏmrmlk
   9  and Bʿṯtr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 260, w. 55, th. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Mtbnṭyn
NotesWhen the inscriptions of the temple were recorded by Halévy, they were in situ. They disappeared after his visit. The temple was originally called Hdnn, then ʾrṯt.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 81-82Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Rossi 2022: 260Rossi, 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.