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    Alessandra Avanzini
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2019-12-01
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-3837
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DJE 5 CIH 211


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Rijziger 2018: 156, fig. 44

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

According to Stein 2003 a: 22, the text, which has one of the first examples of assimilation of the n-, is palaeographically rather archaic (3rd-2nd cent. BC).

TEXT

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   1   [... ...]m (Y)ʿr(r) [w]-(L)ḥyʿṯt (Y)s²ʿr w-bny-h[... ...]
   2  [... ...]lm ʾdm bn Btʿ s³lʿw w-ʿḏbn w-hg[... ...]
   3  [... ... ]b-mḍḥ ʾmrʾ-hmw bʿl Wklm w-b-rdʾ [... ...]

Apparatus
At the end Rijziger 2018: 156 integrates a probable hg[bʾn.
3Müller reads Ws¹lm.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] Yʿrr and Lḥyʿṯt Ys²ʿr and their sons [... ...]
   2  [... ...] clients of the family Btʿ, extracted stones, repaired and [... ...]
   3  [... ...] by the tutelary deity of their lords, the Lord of Wklm, and with the help [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 25, w. 66
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 78-79 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Garbini 1970 b: 537, pl. 26/bGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548.
Müller, Walter W. 1972 a: 76-78, pl. IX, fig. 27Müller, Walter W. 1972. Epigraphische Nachlese aus Ḥāz. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 1: 75-85.
Grjaznevič 1978: 31, fig. 31Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.
Robin 1982 a: 219, pl. 72/cRobin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.
Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.
Rijziger 2018: 156, fig. 44Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.