Said 1
Said and Weninger 2004: 69, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Minuscule writing | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Receipt (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| The editors note that reference to the eponym ʾbkrb bn Mʿdkrb bn Fḍḥm is found in Ja 633, dated to the year 222/223 AD (reign of the king S²ʿrm ʾwtr). Therefore, they date the text at the beginning of the 3rd century AD. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] bkrm ḏ-Ḥrnm ʿm-n S¹ʿ—
2 dm ḏ-Yʿd ḏ-ḫmr-h ʾmtṯwn w-
3 Yfʿt w-S²fʾṯ w-S²fqyn ʾmh
4 Kbr Ḫll ʾmnhtn b-wrḫ ḏ-
5 ʾbhy ḏ-ḫrf ʾbkrb bn Mʿ—
6 dkrb bn Fḍḥm
| 1-4 | Lines on the recto. |
| 5-6 | Lines of the verso. |
| 2 | Uncertain reading of the letter h: ḏ-ḫmr-h or ḏ-ḫmrt. |
TRANSLATIONS
| German | |
1 [x (Zahl) y (Maßangabe)] rotes Sorghum nach dem Maß des Tempels Ḥarūnum von S¹aʿdum 2 Ḏū-Yaʿūd, das er ʾAmat-Ṯawān, 3 Yāfiʿat, S²āf-ʾuṯṯ und S²āf-Qayn, den Mägden 4 der Sippe Kabīr-Ḫalīl, der Aufseher gewährt hat. (Niedergeschrieben) im Monat Ḏū 5 ʾAbhay des Jahres des ʾAb-Kabir, Sohn des Maʿdīkarib 6 vom Stamm der Fāḍiḥum. |
| Said and Weninger 2004: 69 | al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. and Weninger, Stefan 2004. Eine unvollendete sabäische Urkunde. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 15: 68-71. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stick |
| Material | Palm leaf stalk |
| Measures | l. 13.1, th. 2.1 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Said and Weninger 2004: 68-71 | al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. and Weninger, Stefan 2004. Eine unvollendete sabäische Urkunde. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 15: 68-71. |