Gl 1573 A 475 b
Mold of A 475a
Höfner 1973: pl. XII, fig. 1
Höfner 1973: pl. XII, fig. 1
- Mold of A 475a
Höfner 1973: pl. XII, fig. 1 - Mold of A 475b
Höfner 1973: pl. XII, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2.5 |
| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 w-ʾl ḏ-bʿly Rbʾl ḏ-Ḥbb wʾs¹d t(ʿ)—
2 lmw b-ʿm-hw b-rtm ḏ-bdm ḥyʾlym
3 ḏ-ythbnn l-ʾwrḫn k-brhn twf—
4 yw b-hyt rtn rt ḫrf ʾlkr—
5 b bn Yqhmlk Kbr Ḫll
| 3 | Höfner reads kbrhn, as a plural form ("mehrere Monate"). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 There is nothing owed by Rbʾl of Ḥbb and his partners in 2 respect of any outstanding debt in Ḥyʾly currency 3 which they have been incurring on the dates as testified. They have 4 (now) discharged this debt, contracted in the year of ʾlkrb 5 son of Yqhmlk kbr ḫll. |
| 1 | Höfner: "Und dies (ist es), was zu Lasten des Rbʾl ḏū-Ḥbb ist…" ("and this is what is imposed to Rbʾl…"). |
| Höfner 1973: 41 | Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1973: 39-42, pl. XII, 1-2 | Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Beeston 1974: 423 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1974. Sabaean Marginalia II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 34/3: 421-428. |
| Beeston 1978 b: 201-202 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1978. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XI. Le Muséon, 91: 195-209. |