CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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  • Editor(s)
    Maria Gorea
    Cristina Pappalardo
    Alessandra Avanzini
  • First published
    2019-05-10
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-8966
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Gl 1591 A 489


Schaffer 1972: pl. X, 19

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
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ... Lḥy]ʿṯt w-bn-hw Yrm
   2  [w-Nmrn b](n)w ḏ-ʾhgrn brʾw
   3  [byt-hm]w Bynm bn mwṯrm ʿdy
   4  [s²qrm ḏ]-ḫrf Bʾnm bn ʿ[... ...]

Apparatus
2Nmrn is integrated following Gl 1592, 2.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḥyʿṯt and his sons, Yrm
   2  and Nmrn, of the family ḏ-ʾhgrn, built
   3  their house Bynm from the foundations to
   4  the upper part, in the year of Bʾnm, son of ʿ[… …]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMadīnat al-Ahjur
Ancient siteʾhgrn
Geographical areaal-Ḥadaʾ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schaffer 1972: 43-44, pl. X, 19Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm.