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Gr 12 Nāmī NN 23
Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 12/a-b
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 | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]d ʾwtr bn ʾlkrb bn Hmdn w-bn-hw (S²ʿ)rm [... ...]
2 [... ...] Ḥs²dm hwṯrw w-hqs²bn w-s²qrn hgr-hmw T(l)[qm ... ...]
3 [b-S²ms¹ ]bʿlt Mrḫmm w-b mrʾ-hmw Ḏmrʿly Byn [... ...]
| The photo by Grjaznevič allowed to correct Nāmī's reading. Wissmann edits the inscription on the basis of a photo by W.W. Müller. However, it seems that he could not read some letters at the beginning of the lines. | |
| 1 | Dextrograde k. Wissmann does not read any letter before ʾwtr. At the end of the line, he integrates: [w-s²ʿb-hw Ḥ], as he does not read the Ḥ at the beginning of l. 2. |
| 2 | Wissmann reads hs²qrn but the h actually lacks. The last letter could be a "l" or "m". Wissmann restores Tl[qm b-S²ms¹m]. The theonym is integrated on the basis of Nāmī NN 24. |
| 3 | According to Lundin, the higher part of the "m" of "mlk" is visible on the stone after the name of the king. Wissmann restores m[lk S¹bʾ] |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... ]d ʾwtr son of ʿlkrb of the family Hamdān and his son S²ʿrm [... ...] 2 [... ...] Ḥashīdum founded and built and completed their town Tlqm [... ...] 3 [... ...] by S²ms¹ lady of Mrḫmm and by their lord Ḏmrʿly Byn [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30, w. 150 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
| Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Nāmī 1943: 38-40 | Nāmī, Khalīl Y. 1943. Našr nuqūš sāmīyya qadīma min ǧanūb bilād al-ʿarab wa-šarḥu-hā. al-Qāhira: al-Maṭbaʿa al-ʿIlmī al-Faransī li-l-Āṯār al-Šarqiyya. |
| Sharafaddīn 1967: 88, figs 81-82 | Sharafaddīn, Aḥmad H. 1967. Taʾrīḫ al-Yaman al-ṯaqāfī. Cairo. |
| Wissmann 1976 a: 427 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus. Pages 308–544 in Hildegard Temporini (ed.). Politische Geschichte. (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und der Ferne Osten). Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds), Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. 9/1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter / New York: Walter de Gruyter. |
| Grjaznevič 1978: 21, fig. 12 a/b | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |
| Jamme 1979: 18-20 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe IX. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250306. [Privately printed] |