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Nihm/al-ʿAdan 7 MAFRAY-al-ʿAdan 13
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 19, pl. 7
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Irregular script. |
TEXT
1 (Mg)dm Wt(r)n bn (Rs¹)[m]—
2 m ʿs¹ʾ l-Tʾlb w-l-hmw
3 mḫtnn Ḫ[... ...]((ḫ[... ...]))
| 2 | The integration of the patronymic Rs¹mm is based on the occurrence of bny Rs¹mm in Nihm/al-ʿAdan 3. |
| 3 | According to Frantsouzoff, the ḫ might be either the initial of the proper name of the building, if the text continued after the letter, or the cipher ḫ (5), even though it should have been written between the ciphers' symbols. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Magdum Watarān fils de Ras[m]- 2 um a construit en pierre pour Taʾlab et pour eux (vraisemblement pour les membres de son lignage) 3 l'édifice de culte Kh[...] (ou mesurant cinq unités de longeuer ou de superficie) (?) |
| 3 | The translation of mḫtnn with "house, residence" is not appropriate to this context, where the building is erected for the god Taʾlab. |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 81-82 | 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-ʿAdan |
| Ancient site | ʿdf |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 81-82, pl. 7 | 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] |