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SR-Ḥāz 5


Rijziger 2018: 139, fig. 9
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Rijziger 2018: 139, fig. 9
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Rijziger 2018: 139, fig. 5a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

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   1  [H]wfʿṯt w-ʾḫy-h<w> S¹lmn w-Mgdm w-Rbm bnw (Y)ʾz(l) [ ʾ]dm bn(y) [S¹—
   2  q]rn brʾw w-hgbʾn byt-hmw Yʾzl b-mqm s²ym-hmw Tʾl[b Ry]mm b(ʿ)[l]
   3  [S²](ṣ)rm w-b-mḍḥ-hmw bʿl ʾrym w-s²ms¹-hmw bʿlt Mfʿ w-b ḏt [Ḥmy]m w-b-m[q]—
   4  [m m]rʾy-hmw S²(r)ḥl Yʾzm w-Whbʾl Yfrḍ w-rṯd<w> byt-h[mw ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hwfʿṯt and his brothers S¹lmn and Mgdm and Rbm, descendants of Yʾzl, clients of Banū
   2  S¹qrn, have built and restored their house Yʾzl by the power of their patron god Taʾlab Riyāmim, lord of
   3  S²ṣrm, and by their tutelary deity, lord of ʾrym, and their Shams, lady of Mfʿ, and by ḏāt Ḥamyim and by the power of
   4  their two lords S²rḥl Yʾzm and Whbʾl Yfrḍ; and they have entrusted [their] house [...]
Rijziger 2018: 137-139, fig. 9Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rijziger 2018: 137-139, fig. 9Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.