YMN 9 al-Miʿsāl 16
ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 51, fig. 9
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln qyl
2 Rdmn w-Ḫwln hqḥ w-hqs²b w-ṯfl mrw-hm—
3 w Tgyb l-wyn-hmw Klnm b-s¹rn Rḥbm
4 bn mwṯr-hw ʿd-s²qr-hw b-rdʾ w-mqm S¹yn |
5 ḏ-ʾlm w-ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm w-b-rdʾ w-tḥrg mr—
6 ʾ-hmw ʾlʿz Ylṭ mlk Ḥḍrmt w-b-ḫyl
7 w-s²ʿt s²ʿb-hmw Rdmn w-Ḫwln b-ḫrfn ḏ-
8 l-s¹ṯt w-ʾrbʿhy w-mʾt ḫryftm w-b-ḥg ʾ<n>by
| 7-8 | ʿAbdallāh has l-s¹ṯt instead of ḏl-s¹ṯt. |
| 8 | it is more probable to imagine a mistake (ʾby for ʾnby) than a new Qatabanian god ʾby, as Müller did (Müller, Walter W. 2010: 189) |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd ibn Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, qyl 2 of Rdmn and Ḫwln completed, rebuilt, cleaned out their 3 irrigation system Tgyb for their vineyard Klnm in the valley Rḥbm 4 from the foundation to the top. With the help and thw power of S¹yn 5 ḏ-ʾlm, ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm; with the help and the authority of 6 their lord ʾlʿz Ylṭ, king of Ḥaḍramawt; with the might, 7 the support of their tribe Rdmn and Ḫwln. In the year 8 one hundred forty-six. In accordance with ʾnby. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Miʿsāl |
| Ancient site | Wʿln |
| Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The tribe of Radmān is under the power of Ḥaḍramawt.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 29-36 (photo p. 51) | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 2: 47-75. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 17 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |