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FR-ʿIdim 1
Frantsouzoff 2014: 93, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 Yṣdq*ʾ*l ḏ-ʾlqs³m
2 Hnyhn ʿdmyhn
3 s¹ṭr b-hy ʾʿbdm
4 b-ʾḍrr Ḥḍrmt
5 w-s²yṭ tmryhn
6 qnt
| 1 | The ʾ is written over a d. |
| 2 | The name Hn, from which the nisbe Hnyhn derives, is attested neither as toponym nor as ethnonym (Frantsouzoff). |
| 6 | The unit of measure qnt is already attested in Sabaic and Minaic, but its value is still unknown (Frantsouzoff). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṣdqʾl of the clan ʿlqs³m, 2 the Hannite, the ʿIdimite, 3 wrote (this inscription) in the (eponymate) year of ʾʿbdm, 4 during the wars of Ḥaḍramawt 5 and the sale of the (two?) portions of dates 6 for (an amount of) one qnt. |
| 5-6 | "et vendit les dattes (en quantité) d'un qnt" (Frantsouzoff). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | wādī ʿIdim |
| Ancient site | ʿdm |
| Geographical area | Tarīm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2014: 94-95, fig. 2 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2014. Deux inscriptions rupestres du Wādī ʿIdim (Ḥaḍramawt oriental). Pages 92-98 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow. |