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DJE 17


Müller, Walter W. 1972 b: pl. XIII, fig. 40

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Rms¹m w-ʿms¹mʿ w-Ḏrḥʾl w-bn-h—
   2  mw Yṯʿm w-Brqm bnw Rms¹m w-
   3  S¹myʿm brʾw mḥrm s²ms¹-hmw W—
   4  ynn b-mlʾ w-ms¹ʾl Tʾlb Rymm
   5  w-b-qht w-ms¹ʾl S²ms¹m ḏ-Wynn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rms¹m and ʿms¹mʿ and Ḏrḥʾl and their
   2  sons Yṯʿm and Brqm of the clan Rms¹m and
   3  S¹myʿm built the temple of their solar deity
   4  Wynn, by the favour and the oracle of Tʾlb Rymm
   5  and by the autority and the oracle of the solar deity of Wynn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteal-Ḥuqqa
Ancient siteDmhn
Geographical areaBanī al-Ḥārith
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesReemployed in a door's house.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, Walter W. 1972 b: 104-111, pl. XIII fig. 40Müller, Walter W. 1972. Neuentdeckte Sabäische Inschriften aus al-Ḥuqqa. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 1: 103-121.
Müller, Walter W. and Wissmann 1976: 121-122, pl. IMüller, Walter W. and Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Über die von einem Lavastrom bedrohten Tempel der Stadt Damhān, des heutigen al-Ḥuqqa, im antiken Gau Maʾḏin (Jemen). Anzeiger der phil.-hist. Klasse der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 113: 112-146.
Maraqten 2015: 119Maraqten, Mohammed 2015. Sacred spaces in ancient Yemen - The Awām temple - Maʾrib : A case study. Pages 107-134 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16]