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Haram 27 RES 2754; M 16


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy.

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾgrm Ṣdq s²wʿ Wdm bn Nbṭkrb Ydʿ |
   2  bny Wgmtn ms¹qyt k-qny-s¹ ḏ-Rftn

Apparatus
2In Halévy's copy: (h)qny-s¹.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾgrm Ṣdq, priest of Wdm, son of Nbṭkrb Ydʿ,
   2  built Wgmtn (?), irrigation system for (?) his property ḏ-Rftn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
NotesThe inscription was found reemployed in a house of al-Firʿ by Halévy, but it records the construction of an irrigation structure.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 94-95Robin, 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]