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Schiettecatte-Nāʿiṭ 9
Robin 2014 b: 93, fig. 20
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ...] (rm mwʿ)[... ...]
2 [... ... Y](s¹)rm Yhnʿm w-bny-hw Ṯʾ[rn ʾyfʿ mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn]
3 [w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Y]mnt w-l-ḫmr-hmw Mrʾ S¹(m)[yn ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 ... ... ... 2 ... ... Yā]sirum Yuhanʿim et son fils Thaʾ[rān Ayfaʿ rois de Sabaʾ, de dhu-Raydān,] 3 [du Ḥaḍramawt et de Ya]mnat. Puisse leur accorder le seigneur du Ciel ... |
| Robin 2014 b: 62-63 | Robin, Christian J. 2014. Le roi ḥimyarite Thaʾran Yuhanʿim (avant 325–v. 375): stabilisation politique et reforme religieuse. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 41: 1-95. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
| Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This inscription is the most ancient monotheistic document from Yemen.
According to the editor, this inscription can be dated at the end of the decade 310-beginning decade 320 AD (cf. Robin 2014 b: 62).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 2014 b: 62-63, fig. 20 | Robin, Christian J. 2014. Le roi ḥimyarite Thaʾran Yuhanʿim (avant 325–v. 375): stabilisation politique et reforme religieuse. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 41: 1-95. |