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MQ-Ḥaṣī 8


Arbach and Gajda 2002: 296, fig. 2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Start date - BCE/CE6 CE
End date - BCE/CE26 CE
Date accuracyApproximate
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  (Yk)rm
   2  [S²](r)ḥʾl ḏ-Hṣbḥ w-S²bʿ[n] rʾ—
   3  b wṣr-hw Ykrm b-
   4  ts¹ʿt w-ʾrbʿhy ḫryft(n) bn [ḫry]—
   5  (f) Nbṭm ḏ-Ḫrf

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ykrm.
   2  S²rḥʾl, he of Hṣbḥ and S²bʿn
   3  repaired his warehouse Ykrm in the year
   4  forty-nine of the era
   5  of Nbṭm, he of Ḫrf.
2-3"a réparé son aire à battre (?)" (Arbach and Gajda 2002).
Arbach and Gajda 2002Arbach, Mounir and Gajda, Iwona 2002. La plus ancienne inscription sudarabique datée d'après une ère et autres inscriptions rupestres de la région d'al-Bayḍāʾ. Syria, 79: 293-306.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤaṣī
Ancient siteḤ[ṣy] / Ḥ[ṣym]
Geographical areaal-Bayḍāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Gajda 2002: 296-298, fig. 2Arbach, Mounir and Gajda, Iwona 2002. La plus ancienne inscription sudarabique datée d'après une ère et autres inscriptions rupestres de la région d'al-Bayḍāʾ. Syria, 79: 293-306.
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 2Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.