MAFRAY-Malāḥāʾ 1
Robin 1988 a: 109, pl. 4
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [Ġ](w)ṯʾl bn Ṣbyḥ ḏ-S¹yl w-Whbʾl bn Fʾr ḏ-(H)[b]—
2 (rr) qtdm k-mrʾh-s¹mn ʾlyfʿ Ys²r mlkh Mʿn kl mb[n]—
3 y ʿḏb(ht)y s¹ʿḏb b-mzfy ḏ-Bḥrn w-mḏry ḏ-Ḥẓwt b-y—
4 (wmh) ʾlyf(ʿ) Ys²r w-bn-s¹ Hwfʿṯt (mlky) Mʿn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [Ġ]wṯʾl son of Ṣbyḥ ḏ-S¹yl and Whbʾl son of Fʾr ḏ-H[b]rr 2 were in charge for their lord ʾlyfʿ Ys²r, king of Maʿīn, for all the construction 3 of the repairing done in the two divisors (?) of ḏ-Bḥrn and the two irrigated fields of ḏ-Ḥẓwt, at the time of 4 ʾlyfʿ Ys²r and of his son Hwfʿṯt, kings of Maʿīn. |
| Robin 1988 a: 101 | Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 27, w. 90 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Malāḥāʾ |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Barāqish |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1988 a: 101-102, pl. 4 | Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114. |