MAFRAY-Darb aṣ-Ṣabī 32
Arbach 1994: 145, pl. 1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [.]f(d) bn Qrm (ḏ)-(R)—
2 [d]ʿ (nt)ḫy w-ntḏr |
3 [k-N](k)rḥ (s²)ymh-s¹ b-[.]
4 [...](bʾ)↯ [ḏ-]ʾ(ḏ)nh-s¹ [b-h]—
5 [n] ṭb(n) ʾb-s¹ ↯Qrm b-
6 (nf)s¹ (m)[.]ʾ bn h(ṣ)[.]
7 (ḏ)-(q)tl (b)-ʾr(w)d w-k(n) (ḏ)—
8 (n) (nḫ)yn(n) b-ʾmrh N—
9 krḥ b-(m)s¹ʾl b-tm—
10 (l)y
| 4 | [hn . ]b-s¹[ b]-(ʾḏ)nh-s¹/.(Arbach). |
| 6 | nfs¹ (m)[.]ʾ bn h(ṣ)[.] (Arbach). |
| 7 | It is not clear if ʾrwd refers to a toponym. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [.]fd son of Qrm ḏ-R- 2 dʿ confessed and did penance 3 to Nkrḥ his patron regarding the fact that (?) 4 [... ...] his faculties [because] 5 he claimed property rights from (?) his father Qrm in 6 the sacred perimeter (?) [... ...] 7 that he killed in ʾrwd (?) and this 8 confession occurred by the command of N- 9 krḥ during an oracular response in tm- 10 ly (?). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 38, w. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Darb aṣ-Ṣabī |
| Ancient site | Fṯʿn |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Nkrḥ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The context of the expiated sin is not clear. We only know that something happened with the father of the author of the text, probably connected with a murder.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach 1994: 5-8, pl. 1 | Arbach, Mounir 1994. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Raydān, 6: 5-16. |