X.BSB 61 Mon.script.sab. 1
Stein 2003 b: figs 1-2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Minuscule writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdṯwn w-ʾḫy-hw w-bny-hmw bnw ḏ-Yʿ—
2 d ʾdm bn Gdnm whbw w-ḫmr w-hwddn l-ʾd—
3 m-h<m>w Whbs²bʿn w-ʾḫy-hw w-bny-hmw bny S²h—
4 rm ʾns²qn ʾdm ḏ-Yʿd ṯty mrʾtn bnty bn S²—
5 hrm mrʾty wldty tʾmm bnty ʾṯtn Rfʾt ʾ—
6 mt ḏ-Y(ʿ)d w-ʾs¹mw-hmy ʾmtʾbh w-Mrs¹ʿt w-bnw S²hr—
7 m f-l yqnynn w-brl w-bʿl w-hwṣtn w-hs²ʾmn w-
8 q(y)ḍ w-qtyḍn b-hmt m(r)ʾtnh(n) w-ʾwld-hmy w-
9 ʾwld ʾwld-hmy ḍrbm ḏ-wld wldm w-ʿḏ—
10 r ʿḏrm w-bnw ḏ-Yʿd f-l yhmtʿnn w-hbrr—
11 n l-ʾdm-hmw bny S²hrm b-hmt mrʾtnhn bn kl ʾ—
12 ns¹m bhṯm w-qṭnm w-nkrm w-ġrbm w-gybm w-ḏ-ʿb—
13 rm w-kwn<t> ḏt nḥltn b-wrḫ ḏ-S¹bʾ ḏ-ḫrf Ns²ʾkr—
14 b bn Mʿdkrb bn Fḍḥm S¹ʿdṯwn
| L.7: bgl as an option to brl (Stein 2003 b). | |
| L.9: ẓrbm (Stein 2003 b). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdṯwn and his brothers as well as their sons, descendants of the [clan] ḏ-Yʿd, 2 servants of the Banū Gdnm, have handed over, granted, and entrusted to their 3 servants, [namely] Whbs²bʿn and his brothers as well as their sons, descendants of the [clan] S²hrm, 4 [inhabitants of the city] of Ns²qm, servants of the [clan] ḏ-Yʿd, two women, [namely] both daughters of the Banū 5 S²hrm, the two women who were born as twins, both daughters of the woman Rfʾt, maid- 6 servant of the [clan] ḏ-Yʿd, - and their names are ʾmtʾbh and Mrs¹ʿt. And the Banū S²hrm 7 may acquire and go into possession of and possess and command [them], or sell and 8 exchange [them] or exchange [something] for those two women as well as for their children and 9 grandchildren [, which belong to them] as [full] proprietary right now and in future [lit.: for the child of a child and for the family (=generation?) 10 of a family]. And the Banū ḏ-Yʿd shall grant protection and free availability 11 to their servants, the Banū S²hrm, concerning those two women against any 12 man, great or small, alien or well known, "good" or "bad" [?]. 13 And this grant took place in the month ḏ-S¹bʾ of the year of the [eponym] Ns²ʾkrb, 14 son of Mʿdkrb, descendant of the [clan] Fḍḥm. S¹ʿdṯwn [has signed]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mon.script.sab. 1 |
| Support type | Stick |
| Material | Wood |
| Measures | h. 3.5, l. 12.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stein 2003 b: 267-274, figs 1-2 | Stein, Peter 2003. The inscribed wooden sticks of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 33: 267-274. |
| Stein 2010: 233-238, pls LXIV-LXV | Stein, Peter 2010. Die altsüdarabischen Minuskelinschriften auf Holzstäbchen aus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek in München. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 5). Tübingen: Wasmuth. |