Ṣirwāḥ-04
Arbach 2005 b: 315, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 Ṣdqyfʿ bn Ḥmʿṯt bn ʿnmt—
2 n hs²ʾm w-hqny ʿṯtr-s²ymm ʿd
3 Rḥb bnt-hw Hrbm ḏt hwld bn
4 ʾmt-hw Ḥytm ḏt qny bn ʿmn ʾbs¹m—
5 ʿ ḏ-Ḫlfn w-l tḥr Hrbm ḥg yḥrn ʾq—
6 ny[t ʿṯtr-]s²ymm w-kwnt ḏt s²ʾmtn
7 w-hqnytn b-ḏ Ns¹wr qdmn ḏ-rs²wt
8 S¹mhkrb ḏ-Mbḥrt s¹mʿm Bʿṯtr b—
9 [n ʿ]nmtn w-Bʿṯtr bn S²h[rʿ]ly [... ...]
| 6 | Arbach reads s²ʾmtm. |
| 7 | Arbach reads hqnyt. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣdqyfʿ, son of Ḥmʿṯt, ibn ʿnmt ‒ 2 n, sold and dedicated to ʿṯtr S²ymm in 3 Rḥb his daughter Hrbm whom he generated with 4 his servant Ḥytm whom he purchased from ʾbs¹m- 5 ʿ of Ḫlfn; and Hrbm must be (in the temple), as (the other women) dedicated to ʿṯtr S²ymm 6 must be. And this sale 7 and the dedication were (lit. "was") in the first month of Ns¹wr (or: in the month of Ns¹wr, the former), during the priesthood of 8 S¹mhkrb ḏ-Mbḥrt. Witnesses thereof are Bʿṯtr ibn 9 ʿnmtn and Bʿṯtr son of S²hrʿly [...]. |
| 5-6 | "que Hrbm mette en vigueur l'engagement, conformément à ce qui a été décrété dans l'acte d'achat de ʿAtthar" (Arbach). "and Hrbm might be (in the temple), as there were (the other women) the possessions of ʿṯtr S²ymm" (Avanzini). |
| 7 | "in the first ten days of the month Ns¹wr" (Avanzini). |
| Arbach 2005 b: 315 | Arbach, Mounir 2005. Le commerce d'esclaves en Arabie du Sud préislamique d'après une nouvelle inscription sabéenne du VIIe s. av. J.-C. Pages 314-317 in Alexander V. Sedov and Irina M. Smilyanskaya (eds). Arabia Vitalis. Studies in honour of Vitaly V. Naumkin. Moscow: Rossiikaya Akademiya Nauk. |
| Avanzini 2006: 40 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2006. To accompany a recently published Sabaic text: historical and grammatical remarks. Pages 37-46 in Pier Giorgio Borbone, Alessandro Mengozzi and Mauro Tosco (eds). Loquentes linguis. Studi in onore di Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| Stein 2009: 89-90 | Stein, Peter 2009. Review of Borbone, Pier Giorgio, Mengozzi, Alessandro and Tosco, Mauro (eds) 2006. Loquentes linguis. Studi in onore di Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik, 50: 87-96. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach 2005 b: 314-317, fig. 1 | Arbach, Mounir 2005. Le commerce d'esclaves en Arabie du Sud préislamique d'après une nouvelle inscription sabéenne du VIIe s. av. J.-C. Pages 314-317 in Alexander V. Sedov and Irina M. Smilyanskaya (eds). Arabia Vitalis. Studies in honour of Vitaly V. Naumkin. Moscow: Rossiikaya Akademiya Nauk. |
| Avanzini 2006: 39-44, fig. 1 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2006. To accompany a recently published Sabaic text: historical and grammatical remarks. Pages 37-46 in Pier Giorgio Borbone, Alessandro Mengozzi and Mauro Tosco (eds). Loquentes linguis. Studi in onore di Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |