CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1970 b: pl. 31/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT


   1  S²rḥm ʾs²wʿ w-Hwfʿṯt ʾ(gḥ)r w-bny-hmw Brqm Yʿrr [... ...]
   2  fdyw w-qṣṣ w-brṯn kl mlʾ w-rbḥ ʾḥd ẓhrm ḏ-mlʾ-hw ṯmn mʾn w-ṯny ʾlfn blṭm w—
   3  rq s¹twhb w-s¹trʾbn Whblt ḏ-Wqhn bn Rzn ḏ-S²rʿn w-ʾdm-hw bny Klbn ʾs¹bʾn (ḥw )—
   4  rw hgrn Mryb [...](ṣḥrn) (ʾrbʿy) (ʾ)[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

German

   1  S²rḥm ʾs²wʿ, Hwfʿṯt ʾgḥr und ihr Sohn Bqrm Yʿrr [... ...]
   2  haben die gesammte Summe samt Zins einer Urkunde, deren Summe zweitausendachthundert blṭt(-Münzen)
   3  beträgt, ausgelöst, quittiert und abgetragen das Geld (nämlich), welches Whblt aus (der Sippe) Wqhn von Rzn aus (der Sippe) S²rʿn und dessen Dienern, den banū Klbn, entliehen und als Kredit aufgenommen hat.
1-3"acquitted themselves of, repaid and discharged the whole sum, with accumulated interest of (= specified in) one document, the sum total of which is 2800 blṭ" (Beeston 1972 b: 396)
3-4After the translation by Multhoff and Stein we can translate: "the Sabaeans, inhabitants of the city of Mryb ...".
Beeston 1972 b: 396Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1972. Sabaean Marginalia. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 32/3: 394-400.
Multhoff and Stein 2008: 31, n. 74Multhoff, Anne and Stein, Peter 2008. Tempeldiebstahl und andere Schlechtigkeiten. Zwei verkannte sabäische Inschriften. Orientalia, 77/1: 1-44.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShibām-Kawkabān
Ancient siteS²bm
Geographical areaal-Maḥwīt
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe inscription is walled above a door in the courtyard of the mosque of Shibām-Kawkabān.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1970 b: 539-540, pl. 31/bGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548.
Multhoff and Stein 2008: 31, n. 74Multhoff, Anne and Stein, Peter 2008. Tempeldiebstahl und andere Schlechtigkeiten. Zwei verkannte sabäische Inschriften. Orientalia, 77/1: 1-44.