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Gr 116 Ḥadaqān 4


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 112

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Legal text written as a dedication.

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  (mṯbt) [... ...]
   2  ʾlbḥr (bn) [... ...]—
   3  fyn Ṣdqʾl w-Hwfʿṯt [... ...]
   4  [.]m s²ymw ʾrs²wm w-mʿhdtm kl qny
   5  w-s²rʿ ʿhd-hmy l-Tʾlb w-ʾl[...]ʾḫr
   6  w-bʿl-hmy ((w-b-ʿl-hmy)) w-hmy l-ys¹tydʿy s²ʿb-h—
   7  my b-Trʿt b-qs³mt rymt ḏ-ḏʿbm ((ḏ-ḏwbm))
   8  ks³wm w-ḏ-rʾkm b-ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh
   9  w-ḏt-Ḥmym w-Tʾlb w-ʾlʿz mrʾ-h —
  10  my w-rṯdy Tʾlb hqnyt-hmy

Apparatus
2-3]fyn is surely connected with WFY, but we do not know its morphological form.
5At the end the editor suggests: w-ʾl [t]ʾḫr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 51, w. 53, th. 10.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Dughaysh
Ancient siteḤdqn
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 26-27, photo 112Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]