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    Irene Rossi
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  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2018-06-20
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-3983
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Haram 38 Gl 1081; CIH 434


By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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Robin 1992 a: pl.13

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Because no distinctive Northern Sabaic feature is attested, the inscription has been classified as Central Middle Sabaic, albeit it belongs to the Amiritic cultural context.

TEXT

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   1  (|)s²ʿbn(([|](ʾ)s²ʿbn)) ʾhl ʿṯtr
   2  | bnyw w-s¹qf mḥr—
   3  m ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn bn
   4  | ḏt hwrtn ʿdy |
   5  ṣlwt byn ḏn mḥ—
   6  rmn w-mbs¹ln w-q—
   7  tdm-hmw Ns¹rm b—
   8  n Ḥmmm qdmn b-
   9  s²fr-hw w-s²fr Wʾl—
  10  m bn ʾymm w-ʿb—
  11  dm bn Ynʿm w-N—
  12  ṣrʾl bn Nṣlt w-
  13  hrdʾ-hmw s²fr W—
  14  hbm bn Ms¹ʿdm m—
  15  lk Kmnhw w-Nhy—
  16  (t) bn Mlkm w-Gr(ḥ)—
  17  (m)( bn )(Whbʾl)( w)-(ʾ)—
  18  [... ...]

Apparatus
1According to Robin, the first sign at the beginning of l. 1 might be a word divider, probably preceded by a symbol. An alternative interpretation is to consider it an alif, probably preceded by a word divider.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  The tribe "community of ʿṯtr"
   2  constructed and roofed the temple
   3  of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, from
   4  this pillar (?) up to
   5  the portico (?), between this
   6  temple and the the cooking-place (?); and
   7  Ns¹rm son of
   8  de Ḥmmm, the leader, directed them,
   9  with his labour-force, and the labour-force of Wʾlm
  10  son of ʾymm, of ʿbdm
  11  son of Ynʿm and of
  12  Nṣrʾl son of Nṣlt;
  13  and helped him the labour-force of
  14  Whbm son of Ms¹ʿdm, king of
  15  Kamna, of Nhyt
  16  son of Mlkn, Grḥm
  17  son of Whbʾl, and
  18  [... ...]
Robin 1992 a: 108Robin, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 3
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Aniconic stela
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 99, w. 30.5, th. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

CIH: II/2, 124-127, pl. XII1889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.]
Robin 1992 a: 107-109, pl. 13Robin, 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]