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Arbach al-Ḥalabī-Ḥadda 2


Arbach and al-Ḥalabī 2005: 42

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] bn Ḏrḥn w-ʿlhn ḏy ʿḍdn qw[ly]
   2  [... ...] ġyl-hw Ygḍ w-qlt-hw Myḥ(m)
   3  [... ... ʾ](lmqh) w-ḏt Ḥmym
   4  [... ...]

Apparatus
The text could be fragmentary on the left side too.
3b-ʿṯtr w-b Hwbs¹] (editors).
4[w-ḏt Bʿdn] (editors).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [......] descendant of Ḏrḥn and ʿlhn, they of ʿḍdn, qayls of
   2  [......] its (or: his) water-course Ygḍ and its (or: his) basin Myḥm
   3  [......] ʾlmqh and ḏt Ḥmym.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 19, w. 42
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteʿAṭṭān
Ancient siteʿḍdn
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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CULTURAL NOTES

The family ʿḍdn is the princely clan of the tribe of the same name, ʿḍdn (cf. MṢM 6764 and Ja 666), whose territory was south-west of Ṣanʿāʾ (see Robin 2013: 149-150).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and al-Ḥalabī 2005: 41, fig. 2Arbach, Mounir and al-Ḥalabī, Muḥammad 2005. Awwal naqš sabaʾī yaḏkur madīna Ḥadda. Ṣanʿāʾ fī ḥawālī al-qarn al-ṯanī qabla al-mīlād. Adūmātū, 12: 39-44.
Robin 2013 a: 149-150, fig. 5Robin, Christian J. 2013. Matériaux pour une prosopographie de l'Arabie antique: les noblesses sabéenne et ḥimyarite avant et après l'Íslam. Pages 127-269 in Christian J. Robin and Jérémie Schiettecatte. Les préludes de l'Islam. Ruptures et continuités des civilisations du Proche-Orient, de l'Afrique orientale, de l'Arabie et de l'Inde à la veille de l'Islam. (Orient et Méditerranée, 11). Paris: De Boccard.