DASI ID: ID: 2837
Text:
Translations:
1Lḥmm son of Yftḥʾl, 2father of Hbrrʾl, Hqm- 3ʾl and ʾbkrb, of the clan 4ʾbmʿṯtr, dedicated to 5Mtbnṭyn ʾbs²wr, 6when he offered as firstfruits to Mtbnṭyn 7a container (?) of 50 "rb" 8and bought Ḏbḥn - a number 9of measures - and in the town of ʾṣ- 10yr four (measures), by the command of Wd 11and of the gods of Haram, 12at the time of Yḏmrmlk 13and Wtrʾl.
Translation Notes:
7For mqdḥ, the SD hypothetically translates "cup, vessel for offerings".
8For tfd, see the remark to Haram 2, l. 19.
9Robin suggests that mmd could be a unit of measurement of surface, like "parcels" (from MDD, "to measure, to extend").
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Pillar
Materials: Stone
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: RES 2740, M 10
Spatial
Site: Kharibat Hamdān, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Hrm
Type of Site: Settlement
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