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Haram 51 RES 4730; Ry 201; Ja 414


By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Robin 1992 a: pl. XVII/b

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 (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... h](s²)qrn byt-hw Brn w-rṯd-hw (ʿṯ)[tr]
   2  [... ... ]hgrn Hrmm bn-kl ʾns¹ yrtbqn-(h)[w]
   3  [... ... ʾ]ns¹m bhṯm w-qṭnm w-hmy yqnyn w-
   4  [... ...]yn wldm f-l yqnyn-hw ḏ-ʾḏr Ḫnn

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  [... ... a] achevé sa maison Barrān et l'a confiée à ʿAth[tar]
   2  [... ...] la ville de Haramum contre tout individu qui conspirerait (?) contre elle
   3  [... ... in]dividu de rang élevé ou modeste. S'ils avaient tous deux possédé et
   4  [... ...] un enfant, que possède celui-ci la parentèle de Khanān.
Robin 1992 a: 121Robin, 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

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13014/16026
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 21.5, w. 43.8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
NotesThe origin of the object from Haram is proposed on the basis of the mention of hgrn Hrmm in l.2.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ansaldi 1933: fig. 95Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 266-67Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268.
Jamme 1956 a: 24-26, pl. IJamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
Robin 1992 a: 120-121, pl. 18/bRobin, 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]
D'Amore, Jung and Messineo 2010: 71, fig. 34D'Amore, Paola, Jung, Michael and Messineo, Gaetano 2010. Yemen. Il paese della regina di Saba (VIII sec. a.C.-VII sec. d.C.). Pages 57-72 in Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Vicino e Medio Oriente antico. (Collana Guide Brevi del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "Giuseppe Tucci"). Roma: Artemide.
Mazzini 2012: 235, cat. 49Mazzini, Giovanni 2012. Catalogo. Iscrizioni. Pages 232-237 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.