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Nihm/al-Quṭra 11 Nihm 4; Gr 340
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 52, pl. 50
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1; 1.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Ymʿm w-Yls³b w-bny-hmy [... ...]
2 bnw ʾws¹krb ʾdm [bny S¹ḫymm ... ... brʾw w-... ... b]—
3 yt-hmw Yfʿm w-rṯdw byt-hmw ʿ[ṯtr S²rqn]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ynʿm and Yls³b and their sons [... ... ] 2 sons of ʾws¹krb subjects [of the family S¹ḫymm built ... ...] 3 their house Yfʿm. And they commited their house to the protection of ʾ[ṯtr S²rqn]. |
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 126, fig. 266. | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h.31, w. 66, th. 20. |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Banū Miʿsār/Maʿsār |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed in a house in the village of Banū Miʿṣār. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Quṭra |
| Ancient site | Mṭrtm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 126, fig. 266 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 133-134, pl. 50 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |