MQ-Ḥayd Mūsà 1 RES 4196
Robin and Dridi 2004: 83, fig. 22
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| This inscription is known for almost a century thanks to a copy (SE 105) of the Austrian expedition. |
TEXT
1 Frʿn Yzl bn Ḏrnḥ w-Hṣbḥ w-Yʿgf qyl s²ʿbnyhn Qs²mm w-Mḍḥym
2 brʾw w-hwṯr w-hs²qr mʾgly-hmw S¹wrm w-Yrʿẓ b-ʿly wyn-hmw ḏ-Qyln
3 w-ḏy Ḏhbm b-mqm mrʾy-hmw Ys¹rm Yhnʿm w-bn-hw S²mr Yhrʿs² mlky S¹—
4 bʾ w-[ḏ]-Rydn b-wrḫn Mḏrʾn ḏ-l-s¹ṯt-ʿs²r w-ṯlṯ mʾtm ḫryf N—
5 bṭm ḏ-Ḫrf
| 4 | Robin, wrongly: ḏ-Mḏrʾn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Frʿn Yzl, ibn Ḏrnḥ, Hṣbḥ, Yʿgf, qyl of the two tribes of Qs²mm and Mḍḥym, 2 they built, laid the foundations, completed their two dams S¹wrm and Yrʿẓ above their vineyards, that of Qyln 3 and the two of Ḏhbm. With the power of their two lords Ys¹rm Yhnʿm and his son S²mr Yhrʿs², the two kings of Sabaʾ 4 and ḏu-Raydān. In the month Mḏrʾn, in the year three hundred sixteen of the years of N- 5 bṭm ḏ-Ḫrf. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 34, w. 127 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī dhū ʾl-Qayl |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1998 a: 144-145, fig. 8 | Robin, Christian J. 1998. Décompte du temps et souveraineté politique en Arabie méridionale. Pages 121-151 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Hélène Lozachmeur (eds). Proche-Orient ancien. Temps vécu, temps pensé. Actes de la table ronde du 15 novembre 1997 organisée par l'URA 1062 "Etudes Sémitiques". (Antiquités sémitiques, 3). Paris: Jean Maisonneuve. |
| Robin and Dridi 2004: 81-84, fig. 22 | Robin, Christian J. and Dridi, Hédi 2004. Deux barrages du Yémen antique. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 67-121. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 37 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |