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Nihm/Barrān 8 MAFRAY-al-Nashshāf 2


Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 36, pl. 27

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.0
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...w-bn-hw Ṯwbʾl b]ny (S¹)ḫymm hwṯ(r)w w-b[rʾn w-... ...]
   2  w-hs²qrn w-[... ...] ms¹(q)f(n) Ḥẓwm b-rdʾ w-b-mqm (s²)[ym-hmw Tʾlb
   3  w-rṯdw ... ... w-](b)n-hw Ṯwbʾl bny S¹ḫy(m)[m ms¹qf-hmw]
   4  Ḥẓwm ʿṯtr S²r(qn) (bn) (mh)*b*(ʾs¹m) (w)-(ḏ)-(y)[... ...]

Apparatus
2The verb brʾ in this period is used more frequently than bny, but the integration of bny is not excluded.

The choice of ms¹qfn (covered room), in this context of private nature, is better than ḫlfn (city gate).

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  [(Un tel) et son fils Thawbʾil, le fi]ls de Sukhaymum, ont fondé et con[struit et ...
   2  (achevé) (et...) la salle cou]verte Ḥaẓwum avec l'aide et le pouvoir de [leur] pa[tron Taʾlab ;
   3  et ont confié (Un tel) et] son fils Thawbʾil, le fils de Sukhaym[um, leur salle couverte
   4  Ḥaẓwum à la protection de ʿAthtar Shāri]qān (l'Oriental) de (tout) déprédateur et de celui qui ...
Frantsouzoff 2016: 108-109Frantsouzoff, 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 typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24.5, w. 24.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteBrn
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
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Provenance
Modern siteal-Nashshāf
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaBarrān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThis stone inscription was reemployed in a sheep pen.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2016: 108-109, pl. 27Frantsouzoff, 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]