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BaBa al-Ḥadd 4
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 78, pl. 4/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Dws¹m ʿmḏm w-S¹ʿdʿm w-ʿmʾmn Hmt w-Hmtʿm w-ʿbdʿm Dws¹ bnhw Wʿl brʾw w-hwṯr w-hq—
2 ḥ w-hs²qr byt-hw Bdrm b-rdʾ ʾl-hmw w-mrʾ-hmw ʿm ḏ-Rymtm bʿl ẓr Nwʿn w-mk —
3 nntn Hrn w-ʿm ḏ-S²qr bʿl S²ʿrt Hdw w-b-rdʾ ʾs²ms¹-hmw w-mnḍḥt
4 ʾbyt-hmw w-b-rdʾ w-tḥrg ʾmrʾ-hmw Lḥyʿt Bryn qyl Rdmn w-Ḫwln w-Mʿ—
5 (dkrb) (w)-(ʿmydʿ) (w)-(Ydm) w-ʿmʾmn w-Ns²ʾkrb bnhy Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln w-b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl-tʿly
| 2 | Mdrm (the editors). |
| 5 | To be noted the use of the Qatabanic formula b-ḥg ʾnby w-ʾl tʿly, which is also found in another text originating from a region that were formerly under Qataban's rule (UAM 327 from wādī Lajiya). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Dws¹m ʿmḏm, S¹ʿdʿm, ʿmʾmn Hmt, Hmtʿm and ʿbdʿm Dws¹, descendants of Wʿl, constructed, laid foundations, finished off 2 and completed his house Bdrm, by the help of their god and their Lord ʿm ḏ-Rymtm, Master of the rock of Nwʿn and of the 3 oratory of Hrn, and ʿm ḏ-S²qr Master of S²ʿrt Hdw, and by the help of their solar deities and the tutelary 4 deities of their houses, and by the help and the command of their lord Lḥyʿt Bryn qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln, and Mʿ- 5 dkrb, ʿmydʿ, Ydm, ʿmʾmn and Ns²ʾkrb, banū Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, according to the orders of ʾnby, and let there be no violation thereof. |
| Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 66 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1988. Nuqūš min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 5: 61-80. [Arabic section] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Banī Bakr, 55 (Private collection) |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 22, w.96 , th. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Hadīm |
| Ancient site | Hdw |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadd |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Bdrm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
See the inscription Wādī Ḥarīr 1 for the mention of the deity ʿm ḏ-Rymtm bʿl ẓr Nwʿn w-mknnt Hrn.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 65-66, pl. 4/a, b, c | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1988. Nuqūš min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 5: 61-80. [Arabic section] |