Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Measure of letters | 3 (min.); 4 (max.) | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
3 | The nunation in mḥmyn is probably a writing mistake. |
5-6 | The letter n in the words f-l-ys²mn and bny, as well as the letter k in the word w-kl are written as their mirror images. |
12 | The letter m in the divine epitht ḏ-Ḍmd is written as its mirror image. At the end of the line, beginning of line 9 we can integrate: b-mḍḥ-hmw, but the m after mḍḥ is legible. |
English | |
1 Krbʿṯt, son of Lḥyʿṯt, 2 of the family Rzynm, put under the protection (of the god) 3 all the protected fields of their land 4 with the help of his Patron ʿṯtr ḏ- 5 Ḍmd. And regarding ʿṯtr, might He prosper the land of 6 the family Rznm, which is in Dyt and all the 7 land of the family Rzynm 8 [... ...] 9 its field by its field [... ...] 10 and their land ʿṯtr [ḏū Ḍamad] [... ...] vassals 11 [... ...] might He prosper [... ...] 12 might ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḍmd prosper the land of the family Rzynm 13 [... ...] and he put under the protection [... ...] 14 [... ...] their lords [... ...] 15 [... ...] |
9 | This construction, repeating a term to stress the fact that (in this case) each feld, one by one, were under the protection of ʿAṯtar, is still used in modern Arabic. ḍʿ, following to al-Salami, is to be compared with Ar. ad-daʿya, from ḌYʿ, "field". |
10-11 | The pass [mʾ]dbn ḏ-ytfn can possibly be reconducted to the words mʾdbt "vassal" and wtf "grant, concession(spec. of land); concessionary document". However, the meaning of this pass remains unclear, because of the fragmentary status of the inscription in this part. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Measures | w. min. 26, w. max. 50 (base) |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jabal al-Lawz |
Ancient site | unknown |
Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
al-Salami 2011: 33-36, fig. 13 a-f | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |