MS Rayd Muḫtān 1
al-Salami 2011: 200, fig. 17/a
- al-Salami 2011: 200, fig. 17/a
- al-Salami 2011: 201, fig. 17/b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ḥywm Trʿmym
2 bn Lḥy bn Grʿm
3 mrṯd ʾlmqh ḏ-S²w—
4 ḥṭ b-(yw)[m] (rṯ)d-hw tlw—
5 t-h<w> w-ʾbw-hw w-kw—
6 n ḏn s¹ṭrn b-ḫ(m)s¹ ḏ-f(r)—
7 ʿ( )ḏ-Nylm b-ḫrf D(d)ʾ—
8 (mr) (bn )Kbs¹ym w-(k)—
9 w(n) (ḫ)rfn (ḏ)-mḥ(l)m
| 1-9 | The letters d and m are written as their mirror-images. The same occurs for the k in the word kwn (ll. 5 and 8). The word separators are frequently missing. |
| 1 | Trʿmym is corrected by the editor in Tnʿmym. Instead of the mimation a nunation would be here expexted. |
| 8-9 | The reading is completely hypothetical. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥywm, he of Trʿm (or, Tnʿm), 2 son of Lḥy, of the family Grʿm, 3 protegee of ʾlmqh ḏ-S²wḥṭ, (dedicated) 4 when he entrusted to His protection his offsprings 5 and his ancestors. And this dedication 6 took place on the fifth (day) of the first decade of (the month) 7 Nylm in the year of Ddʾmr 8 of Kbs¹ym [... ...] |
| 8 | "which was the year of mḥlm", following the editor. |
| al-Salami 2011: 44-47 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | w. 52 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Rayd Mukhtān |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 44-47, fig. 17/a-b | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |