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Haram 20 RES 2749; M 14


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  ʿyr bn B[... ...]
   2  ʾb Lḥyʿṯ[t w-... ...]—
   3  mbl ḏ-ʾhl[ ... ...]
   4  s³lʾ Mtbn[ṭyn ʾ]—
   5  bḥmy b-ʿṯ[tr w-W]—
   6  d w-Ydʿs¹m[h w-ʾlʾ]—
   7  lt Hrm w-[b Wt]—
   8  rʾl w-Hrm[m]

Apparatus
3RES corrects the reading of the b in ʾ and restores [Hq]m(ʾ)l.
4It is unsure whether the object of the dedication (ʾbḥmy) is the pillar or a person.
8The restoration of the mimation for Hrm is plausible on the basis of the other inscriptions of the temple.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿyr son of B[... ...],
   2  father of Lḥyʿṯt [and of ..]-
   3  mbl, of the clan [... ...]
   4  dedicated to Mtbnṭyn
   5  ʾbḥmy, by ʿṯtr and Wd
   6  and Ydʿs¹mh and the
   7  gods of Haram, and [by the command of]
   8  Wtrʾl and Haram.

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: 89Robin, 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]