CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 121
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [... ... Hwf]ʿṯt w-ʾlk[rb... ...]
   2  [... ...]krb bnw ʾws¹m bnw [... ...]
   3  [... ...]n ʾdm Yṯʿʾmr hq[nyw... ...]
   4  [... ...]ʿṯtr w-Wdm ġyln bn[... ...]
   5  [H]wfʿṯt w-kl ʾnfs¹-h[mw ... ...]
   6  [w-]ʾwld-hmw w-ʾqny-hm[w... ...]
   7  [y]wm kwn Hwfʿṯt d[... ...]
   8  ṯny ʾḏ b-s¹yr Ḥdqn w-s¹[... ...]
   9  [h]s²fq w-s¹qy kl ms¹qyt [... ...]
  10  [... ...]w ʾġyln w-ʿṯtr hs²fq [w-s¹qy]
  11  [... ...] w-whb ḫrf w-dṯʾ w-[... ...]

Apparatus
4At the end the editor integrates: bn[y-hw].
7At the end the editor integrates: d[r ...
8At the end the editor integrates: s¹[ʾl ...

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [Hwf]ʿṯt and ʾlk[rb ...
   2  [...]krb of the family ʾws¹m, of the family ...
   3  ... subjects of Yṯʿʾmr dedicated
   4  ... to ʿṯtr and Wdm the ghayl ...
   5  [H]wfʿṯt and all their persons
   6  and their children and their properties ...
   7  when Hwfʿṯt was established controller of irrigation (?)
   8  ... for the second time in the valley Ḥdqn ...
   9  ... He satiated and irrigated all irrigated land ...
  10  ... the ghayls and ʿṯtr satiated and irrigated ...
  11  ... and He granted autumn and spring crops ...

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 37, w. 28, th. 17
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Dughaysh
Ancient siteḤdqn
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 30-31, photo 121Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]