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Nihm/Barrān 7 MAFRAY-al-Ḥawl 1
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 35, pl. 26
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 | 4.7-5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 (Ẓbym) (Yrḥ)b b(n) S¹ḫymm s³l(ʿ)
2 [w]-(h)[w]ṯ[r]n w-ʿḏbn ṣlt byt-h—
3 [mw l-m](s²rq)ytn b-ʿṯtr-S²rqn
| 2 | The reconstruction of the infinitive hwṯrn is based on the parallel texts DJE 12=Lu 21/2 and Zafar-Garbini 1=Ga 1A/3. Following the editor, ṣlt is connected to the root ṢLW (not ṢLL), see the orthographic variant ṣlwt in Rb VI/05 no. 61 a-d/2. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Ẓabyum Yurḥib du lignage de Sukhaymum a extrait des pierres, 2 a commencé des traveaux depuis les [fon]da[tions] et a réparé le revêtement de le[ur] maison 3 [du côté o]riental. Par ʿAthtar Shāriqān (l'Oriental). |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 106-107 | 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 |
| Dimensions | h. 27, w. 52 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Brn |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | al-Ḥawl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Barrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | This stone inscription in 1978 was going to be reemployed in a private house near the village of al-Ḥawl. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 106-107, pl. 26 | 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] |