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Gr 24
Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 39
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...]ʾd-h(m)w w-[... ...]
2 [... ...] bn Rbbm ḏy [.]h[... ...]
3 [... ...]mw ʾmlkm w-s¹qw [... ...]
4 [... ...]tn wtb mrʾs¹-hmw [... ...]
5 [... ...]tw w-ḥr[..]-hmw b-byt[... ...]
6 [... ...b]yt bn Btʿ w-ʾrḍ [... ...]
7 [... ... ]ydʿn w-hqln wʾf w-(q)[... ...]
8 [... ... ]bn hwt qhtn w-s¹t[... ...]
9 [... ...] w-Mḫṭrn l-qwl-hmw [... ...]
10 [... ...]
| 7 | Lundin emends ws¹f, but Beeston maintains wʾf. Beeston suggests to interpret hqln as an assimilated causative form of nql instead as from qwl, thus translating ydʿn w-hqln "declared and ordained". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 40, w. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Grjaznevič 1978: 32, fig. 38 | 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. |
| Beeston 1979 b: 94-95 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1979. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography I. Raydān, 2: 89-100. |