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RES 4994 Ry 290; Nāmī NN 21; Gr 6


By kind permission of S. Rijziger
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By kind permission of S. Rijziger
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Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

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   1  Br(g) Yḥmd w-bn-hw Yrm Nmrn w-Ns²ʾkr(b) w-ʾnḍr w-Krbʿṯt
   2  bnw ʾnḍr Y(h)rḥb bnw Ddn qnyw w-brʾ byt-hmw Wtrn
   3  b-mqm s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm w-b-mqymt ʾmrʾ-hmw Nṣrm
   4  Yhʾm(n) w-(Ṣ)dq Yhṭl bny Hmd(n)

Apparatus
2RES: ʾnbr.
4RES: Ṣdq Yhb l-yhṭl bny Hmdn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Brg Yḥmd and his son Yrm Nmrn and Ns²ʾkrb and ʾnḍr and Krbʿṯt
   2  descendants of ʾnḍr Yhrḥb of the family Ddn acquired and built their house Wtrn
   3  by the power of their patron Tʾlb Rymm and by the power of their lords Nṣrm
   4  Yhʾmn and Ṣdq Yhṭl banū Hamdān.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 35, w. 150
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteNāʿiṭ
Ancient siteNʿṭm
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Wtrn
NotesThe stone is now reemployed in the outside wall of the village mosque (information kindly provided by S. Rijziger).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 105-107Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112.
Nāmī 1943: 33-36Nāmī, 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.
Grjaznevič 1978: 20, fig. 6Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.