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Av. Aqmar 2 Ir 78
By kind permission of K. Noman
By kind permission of K. Noman
By kind permission of K. Noman
By kind permission of K. Noman
By kind permission of K. Noman
Avanzini 1985: pl. 17
Avanzini 1985: pl. 15/1
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 | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʾbʾns¹ w-bn-hw ʾbs²mr w-S²mr w-ʾbkrb w-[... ...]
2 w-hwṯrn w-hs²qrn byt-hmw Yfʿm b-ḫyl w-mlʾ[ ... ... ʿṯtr ḏ-]
3 Ẓhr-Ys¹r w-b mnḍḥ-hmw ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm w-b rdʾ[ ... ... S²]—
4 ddm w-ʾḫwt-hw bny S¹mhs¹mʿ w-Ḥkrs²m w-[... ...]
| 3 | Ẓhr S¹r (Avanzini). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbʾns¹ and his sons ʾbs²mr, S²mr, ʾbkrb and [... ...] 2 laid foundations and completed their palace Yfʿm, by the command and the help of ʿṯtr ḏ- 3 Ẓhr Ys¹r and by their tutelary deity ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm and by the help of [... ...] 4 S²ddm and their brothers the banū S¹mhs¹mʿ and Ḥkrs²m and [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 58, h. 28 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Aqmār |
| Ancient site | Ytrm |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stone is inserted above the door of the Saint tomb at al-Aqmār. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1985: 93-94, pls 15/1 and 17 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze. |
| al-Iryānī 1992: 52-71, photo | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1992. Naqšāni min al-Aqmār. Dirāsāt Yamanīya, 47: 52-71. |