DAI 1998-Wasserbau 1
M. Maraqten
Maraqten 2017: 123, fig. 7
Maraqten 2017: 123, fig. 7
- M. Maraqten
Maraqten 2017: 123, fig. 7 - Maʾḫaḏ-dam in the south oasis of Marib.
M. Maraqten
Maraqten 2017: 122, fig. 6
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʿmkrb w-Ḥywm w-bn-hmy Nbṭʾl bnw Mqrm ʿs¹ʾw w-bny w-hwṯr w-s²qr w-hḥdṯ w-qny w-brl mʾḫḏ-hmw Yṯʿn mʾḫḏ nḫl-hmw
2 Mrymn w-ʾnḫl ʾtmw b-ʿm-hw ʾnḫl qnyw bnw Mqrm w-ʾl ʾs¹ s¹ʾl bny Mqrm b-mʾḫḏ-hmw Yṯʿn b-ʿṯtr w-b Hwbs¹ w-b ʾlmqh w-b
3 ḏt Ḥmym w-b ḏt Bʿdnm w-b mrʾy-hmw Krbʾl Byn mlk S¹bʾ w-ʾḫ-hw ʾls²rḥ bny S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ w-b s²ʿb-hmw Fys²n
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿAmmīkarib and Ḥaywum and their son Nabaṭʾīil of the clan Banū Maqārum have constructed, built, laid the foundations, completed, established and acquired as well as gained possession of their Maʾḫaḏ-dam Yaṯʿān, the Maʾḫaḏ-dam of their palm groves 2 Maryamān, in addition to the palm groves that Banū Maqārum have obtained and acquired with it. Let no one raise a claim to Banī Maqārum concerning their Maʾḫaḏ-dam Yaṯʿān. By ʿAṯtar, by Hawbas, by Almaqah and 3 by Ḏāt-Ḥamīm, and by Ḏāt-Baʿdānum, and by their both lords, Karibʾīl Bayn, king of Sabaʾ and his brother ʾĪl-šaraḥ sons of Sumhuʿalī Ḏarīḥ and by their tribe Fayšān. |
| Maraqten 2017: 122 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2017. Typology of irrigation systems in ancient Yemen in the light of the epigraphic evidence. Pages 115-135 in Walid Yasin al-Tikriti and Paul Alan Yule (eds). Proceedings of water and life in Arabia. Conference 14th - 16th December, 2014. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Sluice |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30, w. 260 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Dam or retaining structure |
| Notes | The inscription is engraved on the façade of the barrage dam in Manīn al-Ḥadad, in the southern oasis of Marib. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Maraqten 2017: 122, figs. 6, 7 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2017. Typology of irrigation systems in ancient Yemen in the light of the epigraphic evidence. Pages 115-135 in Walid Yasin al-Tikriti and Paul Alan Yule (eds). Proceedings of water and life in Arabia. Conference 14th - 16th December, 2014. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority. |
| Maraqten 2013 a: 218 f. | Maraqten, Mohammed 2013. Handasat ar-ray wa-dawruhā fī našʾat ad-dawla fī ǧunūb ġarbī al-ǧaẓira al-ʿarabiyya wa-taṭurruhā. Pages 199-242 in al-Nasary A. (ed.). Proceedings of the second Adumatu Journal Symposium. Man and environment in the Arab world in the light of archaeological discoveries. Second Adumatu Journal Symposium. May 4-6 2010. Saudi Arabia: Skaka: Adumatu. |