CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Kitchen 1998 a: 144, fig. 2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
Period. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  ʾbʿm Yḥrʿs² bn Mʿhr w-
   2  ʾqwl Brʿ (w)-(h)rdʾn w-ʾwln
   3  s¹lmm l-ʾr(ḍ)-hw w-rʾ gnʾ w-
   4  hqḥ w-hnbṭ bʾr-hw Thrz—
   5  (y) l-ʾr(ḍ)-hw S²mrm w-Yʿk

Apparatus
The surface of the epigraph is deeply abraded and that makes it difficult to read the inscription. Kitchen's reading has been followed, although the main verb of the text seems to be missing in l.2.
3, 5The reading of the word ʾrḍ is in doubt since the last letter might also be read as b.
4-5In the name of the well, Thrzy, the final y seems to have been altered from ḥ.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾbʿm Yhrʿs², of the family Mʿhr and
   2  ʾqwl of Brʿ [...] helped and brought back
   3  peace for his land, and indeed he walled and
   4  finished off and dug his well Thrzy
   5  for his lands S²mrm and Yʿk.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kitchen 1998 a: 147-148, 144 (fig. 2), 146 (fig. 3)Kitchen, Kenneth A. 1998. Three Sabaean dedications: a well and three statues. Pages 143-150 in Carl S. Phillips, Daniel T. Potts and Sarah Searight (eds). Arabia and its neighbours. Essays on prehistorical and historical developments.
Essays presented in honour of Beatrice de Cardi
. (Abiel, 2). Turnhout: Brepols.