DJE 12 Graf 1
al-Aġbarī 2010 a: 81, fig. 4
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Mhbyḥ ʾtkn bn Mnḫm w-ʾkhl w-Bhl w-Ḥllm ḏ-Ms³wlm
2 brʾw w-hwṯr w-ʿḏb w-↯hs²qrn ṣlt byt-hmw ʾḥdṯn bn m—
3 wṯrm ʿdy tfrʿm s¹ṯ↯t ʾs¹qfm b-s¹ṯt bḥwrm w-s¹yb-h—
4 w ṯny bḥrn w-kl gnwz-hw w-mrym-hw w-ṣlt ḏ-Khnl
| 4 | Khnl: lineage name in Ibrahim al-Hudayd 1. |
TRANSLATIONS
| German | |
1 Muhabayyiḥ Atkan, Sohn des Manāḫum, und Akhal und Bahīl und Ḥalīlum, von (der Sippe) Mus³awwilum, 2 haben gebaut und gegründet und hergerichtet und vollendet den Steinbau ihres Hauses Aḥdaṯān vom G— 3 rund bis zur Höhe, (nämlich) sechs Decken mit sechs Böden (d. h. also sechs Stockwerke), und seine Verschanzungen, 4 (bestehend aus) zwei Böden, und alle seine Vorratsräume und seine Terrasse und den Steinbau Ḏū-Kahnal. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1972 d: 88 | Müller, Walter W. 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Museum in Taʿizz. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 1: 87-101, pls VI-XIII. |
| English | |
1 Mhbyḥ ʾtkn, son of Mnḫm, and ʾḫyl and Bhl and Ḥllm of Ms³wlm, 2 built and founded and repaired and completed the plastering of their house ʾḥdṯn from 3 foundations to top, six roofs in six storeys, and its parapet 4 of two storeys, and all its storerooms and its top, and the plastering of ḏ-Khnl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 371 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 21.5, w. 118, th. 15.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | Probably from the region of Taʿizz (cf. Robin 2013 a: 186). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1972 d: 87-95, pl. XI/34 | Müller, Walter W. 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Museum in Taʿizz. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 1: 87-101, pls VI-XIII. |
| Lundin 1972 b: 11-13, fig. 2 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1972. Sabeyskie nadpisi muzeya v Taʿizze. Epigrafika Vostoka, 21: 10-18. |
| al-Aġbarī 2010 a: 81 (photo) | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2010. Qaṣr al-Mašāwil - namūḏağ li-l-qaṣr fī al-Yaman al-qadīm. Pages 64-81 in Taʿizz ʿAṣimat al-ṯaqāfa ʿalā marr al-ʿuṣūr. Taiz. |