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Ja 1093
Jamme 1971 b: pl. 7 (facsimile)
Jamme 1971 b: pl. 7 (facsimile)
Höfner 1987: pl. 4/1
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 Hwfʿm ḏ-ʿrgn hqḥ w-bql wyn
2 -hw Ḏʾln b-bḍʿ hgrn Hkr w-mrw
3 -hw Tgyb l-hw w-l ḏ-ʿḏr-hw ʾbʿl
4 ʾbyt-hmw b-rdʾ s²ms¹-hw w-mnḍḥ-[hw]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿm, of the family ʿrgn, completed and planted his vineyard 2 Ḏʾln in the territory of the town Hkr and his irrigation system 3 Tgyb for himself and his descendants, the owners 4 of their houses; with the help of his solar deity and his tutelary deity. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 91-92 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| German | |
1 Hwfʿm ḏū-ʿRgn hat hergestellt und bepflanzt seinen Wein- 2 garten Ḏʾln in der Umgebung der Stadt Hkr und seine Wasseranlage 3 Tgyb für sich und für seinen Anhang, die Besitzer 4 ihrer Häuser. Mit der Hilfe seiner Sonnengöttin und [seiner] Wassergottheit. |
| Höfner 1987: 37-39 | Höfner, Maria 1987. Neuinterpretation Zweier Altsüdarabischer Inschriften. Pages 37-48 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Aryab |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Mukayras |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1962 a: 51-52 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1962. Epigraphic and Archaeological Gleanings from South Arabia. Oriens Antiquus, 1: 41-52. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 91-92, pl. 7 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| Höfner 1987: 37-39, pl. 4/1 | Höfner, Maria 1987. Neuinterpretation Zweier Altsüdarabischer Inschriften. Pages 37-48 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |