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Nihm/Sidd ʿĀmir 4 MAFRAY-Sidd ʿĀmir 5
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 62, pl. 61
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 62, pl. 61
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 62, pl. 60
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 65, pl. 64
Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 65, pl. 65
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 |
TEXT
1 ʾs¹dmh(n) w-(B)nʾlm h(n)-
2 ql gdd(m) w-ḥfn [mʾ]—
3 ḫd ʿd
4 (Mḏ)r
| 4 | Mḏr: could be a building name. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Asadmahan et Binʾil ont creu- 2 sé beaucoup et disposé comme barrière [une pri]- 3 se d'eau ([un bar]rage) jusqu'à 4 Madharr. |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 150-152 | 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 | Rock |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 95 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Sidd ʿĀmir |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Notes | The inscription is engraved on the same rock as Nihm/Sidd ʿĀmir 3. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 150-152, pls 61, 60, 64, 65 | 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] |
| Robin 1988 a: 113, pl. 8/b | Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114. |