Ja 2356a Shirjān 3+4; Van Lessen 29a
Jamme 1971 b: pl. 7
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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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TEXT
1 [M]rṯdm ʾqrb w-ʾḫ-hw Mrṯdʾln ʾ—
2 s²wʿ ḏy Qhlm w-Ṣdqʾl ʿqb Kw—
3 kbn w-Ys¹rn tqdmw w-hqs²bn l-m—
4 rʾ-hmw S¹ʿdm Yhs¹kr w-bny-hw |
5 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd w-Nmrm ʾwkn w-Mʿdkr—
6 b Ymgd bny Hṣbḥ w-Yʿgf ʾqwl M—
7 ḍḥym b-mqḥ hqḥw [... ...]
8 w-tbql-hmw Nʿmn [... ...]
9 [...] wrḫ-hw Mḏrʾn
10 ḏ-l-ḫms¹t w-ʾrbʿy
11 w-ṯlṯ mʾtm
12 ḫrftm
| 2-3 | Kwkbn and Ys¹rn could be names of houses. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrṯdm ʾqrb and his brother Mrṯdʾln ʾ- 2 s²wʿ, those of Qhlm and Ṣdqʾl, governor of Kw- 3 kbn and Ys¹rn were in charge and built for their lord 4 S¹ʿdm Yhs¹kr and his sons 5 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd, Nmrn ʾwkn, Mʿdkrb 6 Ymgd banū Hṣbḥ and Yʿgf ʾqwl of 7 Maḍḥī with the completion that they finished off [... ...] 8 and their plantation Nʿmn [... ...] 9 [...] the month Mḏrʾn 10 in the year three 11 hundred forty- 12 five. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shirjān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe 1964: 7, figs 6-7 | Doe, D. Brian 1964. The Wadi Shirjān. Antiquities. Bulletin, 4: 1-3; 5 pages without number. [Appendix to the Department of Antiquities Report, 1961-1963. Aden] |
| Wissmann 1968: 82 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 89-91, pl. 7 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 46-47 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |