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Robin-Ḫamir 1
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 6
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 6
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 6
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [..]s³m w-(H)ʿn bny Hwfʿṯt Ṯʿṭyn w-bn-hmy Lḥyʿṯt w-[H]—
2 wfʿṯt w-Mrm w-Mrn bnw ʾdhwnyn brʾw w-hwṯrn [b]—
3 (y)t-hmw Gʿrn b-rdʾ mrʾ-hmw Mrṯdm w-bn(y)-hw bny Mw[ḍ]—
4 (ʿ)m w-b-rdʾ s²ʿb-hmw ḏ-Ḫmr (w)-Lḥym w-rṯdw kl byt-hm(w)
5 s²ym-hmw ʾlmqh bʿl Rymn [w-..]yrt-hm(w) ʿdn ḏ-Ḏqnm
| 2 | Mrm: first sure attestation of Mrm (usually found as a lineage name) as a name of individual. |
| 3-4 | Mw[ḍ]ʿm: reading on the basis of MAFY-Ḫamir 1/1. |
| 4 | Ḫmr was probably a city name as well, the ancient name of the actual Ḫamir. Also Lḥym could be a city name (Robin). |
| 5 | ʿdn ḏ-Ḏqnm was then probably a divine name (Robin); Stein (2003 a: 217, fn. 85) considers ʿdn a preposition and ḏ-Ḏqnm as a toponym. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]s³m and Hʿn, sons of Hwfʿṯt Ṯʿṭyn, and their sons Lḥyʿṯt, 2 Hwfʿṯt, Mrm and Mrn, banū ʾdhwnyn, constructed and laid foundations 3 of their house Gʿrn, by the help of their lord Mrṯdm and of his sons of the family Mwḍʿm, 4 and by the help of their tribe ḏ-Ḫmr and Lḥym; and they entrusted all their house 5 to their Patron ʾlmqh Lord of Rymn, as well as their (?) in (?) ḏ-Ḏqnm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 26 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Khamir |
| Ancient site | Ḫmr |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Gʿrn |
| Notes | Reemployed as a door lintel in the house of Yaḥyā Muḥammad al-Qāḍī at Nāḥiya of Ḫamir. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 13-16, pl. 6 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |