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SR - Nāʿiṭ 1


Rijziger 2017 b: 241, fig. 2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text (conjectural)

TEXT

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   1  Rbm ʾḫṭr bn Gdnm w-Ḥbtlm w-ḏ-Zbnr bn Brqm (Y)ʿr(r) bn Ḥbtlm
   2  [... ...] (kl) gn(t)n Ts²fq w-mʿyn-hw y(m)[.] b-[kn] wqh-hw mrʾhw S²ʿrm ʾwt
   3  [r mlk S¹bʾ w-]ḏ-R(y)dn b[n ʿlhn Nhfn mlk S¹bʾ ... ...]

Apparatus
2y(m)[...... was probably the beginnning of the mentioned basin.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rbm ʾḫṭr, member of Gdnm and Ḥbtlm and ḏ-Zbnr, son of Brqm Yʿrr, descendant of Ḥbtlm,
   2  [...] the garden (named) Ts²fq and its basin ..., [when?] his lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr,
   3  [king of S¹bʾ and] ḏ-R(y)dn, son [of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of S¹bʾ,] ordered him [...]
Rijziger 2017 b: 241Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteNāʿiṭ
Ancient siteNʿṭm
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

S²ʿrm ʾwtr ruled alone approximately from 210 to 230 AD.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rijziger 2017 b: 241, fig. 2Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2.