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Nihm/al-ʿAdan 8 MAFRAY-al-ʿAdan 9
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 20, pl. 8a
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 20, pl. 8a
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 20, pl. 8b
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 | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Ẓ](b)ym (Y)r[ḥb ... ]w-Rb(s²)—
2 m(s¹)m Ys²[ʿ](r) bny Rs¹m—
3 [m] bn Mgdm w-Mrn ʾd—
4 (m) bny S¹ḫymm hqnyw
5 (s²y)[m]-hmw (Tʾ)l(b) (R)ymm
6 (b)ʿl ʿdf ṣl(m)n ḥmdm
7 b-(ḏ)t yḫmrn-hmw frʿ d(ṯʾ)
8 w-ḫrf w-ʾṯmrm w-(ʾ)f(qlm)
9 hnʾm ḏ-hr(ḍw)-(hm)[w ... ...]
10 [...]
| 1 | The restoration of Yr[ḥb is not certain. It is based on Nihm/Barrān 7. |
| 3 | The two lineage names Mgdm and Mrn are documented together also in Gr 230, where the editor reads wrongly Mydm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 [Ẓa]byum Yur[ḥib] (?) et Rabbsha- 2 msum Yash[ʿa]r, les deux fils de Rasm- 3 [um], (du lignage) de Magdum et Murrān, 4 clients de banū Sukhaymim ont dédié 5 à leur patron Taʾlab Riyāmum, 6 Seigneur de ʿAdaf, la statue d'homme en reconnaisance 7 parce qu'Il leur octroyait des prémices de printemps 8 et d'automne, des céréales et des légumes 9 de bonne qualité qui les ont satisfaits ... 10 ... ... |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 82-84 | 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 | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| 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 |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl ʿdf |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 82-84, pls 8/a, 8/b | 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] |