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Hakir 2 Gr 40


Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 53
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Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 53
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Garbini 1971 a: pl. III

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Start date - BCE/CE57 CE
End date - BCE/CE57 CE
Date accuracyAccurate

GENERAL NOTES

Notwithstanding Müller's opinion, it seems more likely that the inscription is dated according to the era or Ḥimyar rather than of Radmān.

TEXT

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   1  [... ...] krf-hmw Rywn b-rdʾ ʿtr ḏ-S³nḥ w-ḏ-S¹mʿm |
   2  [... ... ]w-ʿln ḏt rḥqt bʾrm ḏt bn-hw ys¹tʾbnn b—
   3  [ ... ... h]wt bʾrn ʿdy byt bny Fʾrm ḏ-ywbd |
   4  [... ... ]hwt bʾrn w-kwnt hyʾ bʾrn b-ʿlw
   5  [... ...]t ʿbrtm w-b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-s¹bʿt w-s¹ṯy w-mʾt

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] their cistern Rywm, with the help of ʿAtar ḏ-S³nḥ and ḏ-S¹mʿm
   2  [... ...] because a well was distant; from which his (of the group) members will draw water
   3  [... ...] this well in the house of the banū Fʾrm, that he cut in the rock
   4  [... ...] this well and that well was above
   5  [... ...] wadi-side cultivation. In the year one hundred sixty-seven.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 35, w. 63, th. 10 (Grjaznevič); h. 45, w. 90 (Garbini)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteHakir
Ancient siteHkrm
Geographical areaDhamār
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1971 a: 309-310, pl. IIIGarbini, Giovanni 1971. Iscrizioni sabee da Hakir. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 31/3: 303-311.
Lundin 1973: 28-31, photoLundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1973. Novye južnoarabiskie nadpisi iz Vadi Ḫirr. Pis' mennye pamjatniki i problemy istorii i kul'tury narodov vostoka, 9: 81-89.
Grjaznevič 1978: 49-50, fig. 53Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 22Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.