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Robin 2006: 132, fig. 18
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Robin 2006: 132, fig. 18
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Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 47
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By kind permission of S. Rijziger

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

According to Robin, the graphic style suggests a dating to the 1st century AD.

TEXT

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   1  [... ... bnw Yh]—
   2  frʿ w-S²bmm w-Rʾys¹ w-S¹myṯʿ brʾw
   3  w-ḥrr w-hqs²bn mʾgl-hmw ḏ-Ṣnʿm ḏ-(b)-
   4  s¹rn Mqldm w-m(ʾgl)ynn Zbdm w-Mʾḫ—
   5  (zn) ḏ-b-s¹rn Ḥls³[.] b-mqm mrʾ-hmw ʿṯtr-S²rqn w-(ʾ)—
   6  (lh)t-hmw w-b [ʾḫyl] s²ʿb-hmw M(h)[qrʾ](m) [... ...]

Apparatus
Three monograms, on the left and right side of the inscription and in the middle.
The transcription follows Robin's edition on the basis of a good photograph of 1975. Lundin's edition differs in many points.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... banū]
   2  Yhfrʿ and S²bmm and Rʾys¹ and S¹myṯʿ constructed,
   3  provided with a retaining wall and built their basin ḏ-Ṣnʿm which (is) in
   4  the valley Mqldm and the two basins Zbdm and Mʾḫzn
   5  which are in the valley Ḥls³[.], with the power of their Lord ʿṯtr S²rqn and
   6  of their gods and the power of their tribe Mhqrʾm [... ...]
Robin 2006: 113Robin, Christian J. 2006. Muhaqraʾum (arabe Muhaqrā). Une commune Ḥimyarite méconnue. Pages 93-135 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad A.R. Jāzim (eds). Le pèlerin des forteresses du savoir. Hommage au qādī Ismāʿīl b. Alī al-Akwaʿ à l'occasion de son 85e anniversaire. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. ca 95
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteDhamār
Ancient siteḎmr
Geographical areaDhamār
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Basin
NotesThe inscription records the construction of basins, so the original context of the object might have been an agricultural-irrigation one.
The stone was reemployed in the wall of the minaret of the Great Mosque in Dhamār.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Grjaznevič 1978: 40, fig. 47Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.
Robin 2006: 112-113, 132, fig. 18Robin, Christian J. 2006. Muhaqraʾum (arabe Muhaqrā). Une commune Ḥimyarite méconnue. Pages 93-135 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad A.R. Jāzim (eds). Le pèlerin des forteresses du savoir. Hommage au qādī Ismāʿīl b. Alī al-Akwaʿ à l'occasion de son 85e anniversaire. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ.