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MS Bayt an-Naǧǧār 1


al-Salami 2011: 210, fig. 30/a
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al-Salami 2011: 210, fig. 30/a
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al-Salami 2011: 210, fig. 30/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ʾ]lyfʿ w-Gʿrm bnw Bkrm b(n)[w] Ṣʿqn hʿs¹ʾw w[... ...]
   2  [... ... ]ʾḍrs¹ w-tgyr w-nqb w-mns²ʾ w-mqḥ mʾḫḏ-hmw [ ... ...]
   3  [... ...]m b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqhw w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏt (B)[ʿdnm ... ...]
   4  [... ...]w w-rbʿ-hmw w-b mrʿy-hmw Hwfʿṯt ʿmdn w-(Y)[... ...]

Apparatus
5-7Three lines are inscribed on a small fragment: l. 1 ... w..w, l. 2: w(k)fʿt, l. 3: s²[ms¹-hm[w.
Basing on the paleography the fragment can likely be attributed to this inscription. It is unclear, however, where this fragment should be placed into the text.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... ʾ]lyfʿ w-Gʿrm, of the family Bkrm, of the family Ṣʿqn, dug out and [... ...]
   2  [... ...] the rocks, plastering, cuttting (a canal), collecting (water from the canal), and the completion of their reservoir[ ... ...]
   3  [... ...] for ʿṯtr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqhw, ḏt Ḥmym and for ḏt B[ʿdnm ... ...]
   4  [... ...] and their tutelary deity and by their lord Hwfʿṯt ʿmdn and Y[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt an-Najjār
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaJabal al-Lawz
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe stone inscription was reemployed in the construction of the local mosque, as a lintel of the western entrance.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Salami 2011: 57-60, fig. 30/a-bal-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.