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Chelhod 14 Ḫamir Ghul 1
Bron 1992: 50
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Chronologically the inscription could be of period C. |
TEXT
1 [... ... h]wt bytn Yḥr w-hṯbw w-hgbʾn bytn My[... ...]
2 [... ...] b-ws¹ṭm l-ms²rqytn w-mʿrbyt bn mwṯr ʿd[y s²qr ... ...]
3 [... ...] w-nqzw w-hqḥn mrw[t] l-ʿbrn ḏ-ʾtmn b[... ...]
4 [... ...]mrwt bny Mwḍʿm w-s²ʿb-hmw ḏ-Ḫ[mr ... ...]
5 [... ... h]wṯrn w-hqḥn w-hs²qrn byt-hmw ḏ-H[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] this house Yḥr, and they repaired and restored the house My[... ...] 2 [... ...] inside, toward the eastern and the western part from foundation to top [... ...] 3 [... ...] and they excavated and completed the irrigation systems (?) for the wadi-side cultivation ḏ-ʾtmn [... ...] 4 [... ...] and the irrigation systems (?) of the banū Mwḍʿm and their tribe ḏ-Ḫmr [... ...] 5 [... ...] (they) laid the foundations, completed and finished their house ḏ-H[... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Wall |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Khamir |
| Ancient site | Ḫmr |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1992: 50-52 (photo)s | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |