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MS Tanʿim al-Qarya 9
al-Salami 2011: 207, fig. 27/a
al-Salami 2011: 207, fig. 27/a
al-Salami 2011: 207, fig. 27/b
al-Salami 2011: 208, fig. 27/c
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| As-Salami (2011, 52) suggests that this could be an early-Islamic inscription written using the sabaean alphabet and language. Robin (2003, 121) classifies the inscription as Jewish. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]wtnm ʾmn ʾmn w-ḏn bytn ms¹gḏn
| 1 | Al-Salami integrates at the beginning: mh]wtnm. Robin 2003: 121 translates "Amen, Amen, cet édifice est le lieu de prosternation". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Architectural element » Column |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Qarya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The column was reemployed in the Mosque ar-Rummāna. The right part of the inscription is written on the column's part which is inserted in the ground. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 51-52, fig. 27/a-e | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1973 b: 153-155 | Müller, Walter W. 1973. Ergebnisse der Deutschen Jemen-Expedition 1970. Archiv für Orientforschung, 24: 150-161. |
| Robin 2003: 121 | Robin, Christian J. 2003. Le judaïsme de Ḥimyar. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 1: 97-172. |