MAFRAY-ad-Dimn 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʿbdʿm w-Wh[b... ...]
2 Mrṯdʿm w-ʾlʿ[... ...] r[... ...]
3 w w-hqḥ w-gr[b... ...](r) w-bʾ[r w-]bql w-htbʿ
4 w-hs²qr byt-hmw Yr[.] w-tbql-hmw Ḥrn w-bʾ—
5 r-hw Nḥr b-fnw hgr-hmw Mrbm b-rdʾ ʿṯt—
6 r S²rqn w-ʿm ḏ-Rymtm bʿl ẓr Nwʿn w-
7 ʿṯtr bʿl (k)wr Ks¹dm w-b-r—
8 dʾ ʾs²ms¹-hmw w-b-rdʾ mrʾ-hmw
9 Whbʾl Yḥz bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln w-
10 b-ḥg ʾ<n>by
| 7 | The epithet of the god ʿṯtr: bʿl kwr Ks¹dm is attested for the first time. Robin interpretes it as "Lord of the hill Ks¹dm". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbnʿm and Wʿh[b ... ...] 2 Mrṯdm and ʾlʿ[... ...] 3 arranged, laid out fields in terraces [...] built a well, extended 4 and completed their house Yr[.], their plantation Ḥrn, its 5 well Nḥr in the surroundings of their city Mrbm, with the help of ʿṯt- 6 r S²rqn and of ʿm dhu Rymtm, Lord of the rock Nwʿn, and of 7 ʿṯtr, Lord of the hill (?) Ks¹dm and with the help 8 of their solar divinities and with the help of their lords 9 Whbʾl Yḥz, of the family Mʿhr and of Ḫwln and 10 according to the orders of ʾ<n>by. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 58, w. 67 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Bāfaqīh 1981: 67-73, pl. I | Robin, Christian J. and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1981. Deux nouvelles inscriptions de Radmān datant du IIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. Raydān, 4: 67- 87. |