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Nihm/al-Quṭra 16 MAFRAY-al-Madīd 1
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 58, pl. 55a
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 58, pl. 55a
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 58, pl. 55b
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 | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
[... ...ʾdm-]
1 (hw bn)w (ʾ)[ws¹krb b]—
2 n Grm Ḍrʿ [... ...]
3 ḫrf Ynʿm b(n)[ ... ... Y]—
4 hs³ḥm w-b-ḏt (ṣ)[dq w-hwfyn b-]
5 ʾmlʾ w-tbs²r [s¹tmlʾw b-]
6 ʿ(m)-(h)w w-l-ḏ(t)[ yzʾn Tʾlb]
7 Rymm bʿl Q(d)[m ʾdmm ṣd]
8 q w-hwfyn ʾ(d)[m-hw bnw ʾw]—
9 [s¹]krb b-kl ʾ(m)[lʾ ys¹tmlʾnn]
10 [b-ʿm-hw]
| 4-10 | All the gaps are completed thanks to the parallel formulary of Gr 117: 5-11. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Ses [serviteurs] banū A[wskarib d]e 2 Garm Ḍaraʿ ... ... 3 l'année de Yunʿim fils de [... ... (du lignage) de Yu]- 4 haśḥim, parce qu'Il a ac[compli et accordé] 5 les oracles et les bons présages [qu'ils ont sollicités au]- 6 près de Lui et pour que [continue Taʾlab] 7 Riyāmum, Seigneur de Qad[m Adamim, à accom]- 8 plir et à accorder à [Ses] servi[teurs les banū Aw]- 9 [s]karib tous les ora[cles qu'ils solliciteront] 10 [auprès de Lui] |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 142-143 | 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. 40, w. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Madīd |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Quṭra |
| Ancient site | Mṭrtm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Qdm ʾdm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 142-143, pls 55/a-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] |