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DhM 186
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 9 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is not clearly readable on the picture as the stone is much eroded. Chronologically it is dated at period C on the basis of b-rdʾ formula. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]bn-hw L(ḥ)↯[yʿ]ṯt w-Hwfʿṯt w-Yrtʿ
2 [... ...]mw Y(s²)r(ḥ)ʾl [...]↯(w) bnw Ḥgrm byt-hm(w)
3 [... ...] b-rdʾ ʾly-hmw [ʿ]↯(ṯ)tr (ḏ)-Yf(ʿ) w-ʾs¹ʾ(y)
| Only few letters should be missing on the right edge of the stone. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and his sons Lḥyʿṯt, Hwfʿṯt and Yrtʿ 2 [... ...] .. Ys²rḥʾl [entrusted ?] the banū Ḥgrm their house 3 [... ...] by the help of their two gods ʿṯtr ḏ-Yfʿ and ʾs¹ʾy. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 186 |
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 36, w. 134, th. 28 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Dhamār) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Link to site record |