CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Schm/Ḫuraiba 1


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] Mʿdkrb bn Ks²ḥt n[... ...]
   2  [... ... ]Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ w-ʾdm-hmy S¹bʾ w-Fys²n w-ʾqwl ʾs²ʿbm l-ʿbd[ ... ...]
   3  [... ...] gbʾn wrḫ-hw w-rs²w-hw ḏ-Nylm ḏ-ḫrf Ns²ʾkrb bn Ḏmryd[ʿ ... ...]
   4  [... ... ]b-hw tʿlm Rynm bn Kbṯm b-ʿm ʾs¹d tʿlmw b-hw ygbʾnn ʾ[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  [... ...] Mʿdkrb of the family Ks²ḥt [... ...]
   2  [... ...] Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ and the vassals of both of them S¹bʾ and Fys²n and the ʾqwl of the tribes to the servant [... ...]
   3  [... ...] the transfer of property. And its month and its priesthood was the month ḏ-Nylm of the year of Ns²ʾkrb, son of Ḏmryd[ʿ... ...]
   4  [... ...] which Rynm, of the family Kbṯm, signed with the ones who signed (the document), in which they are transferring properties [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteKhuraybat Raḥāba
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
NotesThe stone has been reemployed in the construction of a private house of al-Ḫuraiba, as a lintel.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, Walter W. 1986 c: 97-100Müller, Walter W. 1986. Ein sabäisches Urkundenfragment aus Ḫuraibat Raḥâba. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 3: 97-100.