RES 3959 Gl 516
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Robin 1982 a: pl. 3/b
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Robin 1982 a: pl. 3/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| A copy of the legal text is in Nashq, in the temple S²bʿn, the inscription has been found near Mārib. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]m w-hftḥn ʿlhn w-ʾḫy-h[w] w-bny-hw S¹ʿd[... ... ... ...] ʿb w-b-ʿly [ʾ]nmr[m w-]ʾḫy-h[w w-]bny-hw w-b-[ʿbr w-b-ʿly] bny
2 [... ...]t l-ʾrḍ-[hm]w w-s²ʾm bnw Ḥfnm b-ḫlf Nmrn ʿmn ʾws¹ʿṯt Ẓbʿyn w-[b]-(f) [.]mlkn Hlkʾmr [.]ḫ[.]m[... ...]
3 [... ...]m Bʿzhmw bn ʿlhn (Ẓ)bʿyn w-(l)mw bny Ḥfnm l-twfyn ʾrḍ-hmw b-ʿlm ẓrbm w-kwn ḏn wtfn b-wr—
4 ḫ [... ... bn Ḥḏ]mt ṯny[n w-m]ṯl ḏn wtfn b-mḥrmn S²bʿn b-Ns²qm
| 1 | RES suggests to restore S¹ʿd[... ... b-]ʿb(r). |
| 3 | w-lmw: according to Robin 1982 a, the verb could be also read gmw ("s'assembler, se réunir"). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and ʿlhn, his brothers and his sons, S¹ʿd[ ... ... ] obtained a judicial order, concerning ʾnmrm, his brothers and his sons, and on the responsibility of and concerning the family 2 [... ...] to their land. And the family Ḥfnm acquired in the region of Nmrn from ʾws¹ʿṯt, he of Ẓbʿ, and by the order of [.] the king (?) Hlkʾmr [... ..]. 3 [... ...] Bʿzhmw, son of ʿlhn, he of Ẓbʿ. And they came to an agreement with the family Ḥfnm in order that their land was guaranteed by a document of proprietary. And this concessionary document took place in the month 4 of [... ...], son of Ḥḏmt, the second (year). And a copy of this document is in the temple S²bʿn in Ns²qm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Marbaṭ ad-Dimm (near Mārib.) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1982 a: 5, pl. 3/b | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |