MAFY-ḏī-aṣ-Ṣawlaʿ 1 A+B
Robin 1991: 173-174, figs 7-10
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʾḥmd Nhfn bn ʾwḥl w-Kbdn w-Ṣrrn brʾ w-hq—
2 s²b w-hḥdṯ ʾhl-hmw w-kl ʾḥẓr w-grn w-ʾqryt w-fʿl |
3 kwn b-fnw w-b-ʿly ḏn ʾhln ḏ-b-s¹r-hmw Gnn b-rdʾ w-tḥ—
4 rg mrʾ-hmw ʿmdn Byn Yhqbḍ mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rdn ±
5 w-b-rdʾ ʾb-hw Nmrm bn
6 ʾwḥl w-K—
7 bdn w-Ṣrrn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾḥmd Nhfn ibn ʾwḥl, Kbdn and Ṣrrn built, constructed 2 and restored their covered cistern and the whole enclosed land, the threshing floor, the channels and the work 3 which are in front and upon their valley Gnn; by the help and the command 4 of their lord ʿmdn Byn Yhqbḍ, king of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān, 5 and by the help of his father Nmrm ibn 6 ʾwḥl, Kb- 7 dn and Ṣrrn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | dhī-aṣ-Ṣawlaʿ al-ʿUlyà |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Notes | Robin states that the inscription is reemployed but it is not clear whether this be happened in ancient or modern times. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1991: 171-173, figs 7-10 | Robin, Christian J. 1991. ʿAmdān Bayyin Yuhaqbid, roi de Sabaʾ et de dū-Raydān. Pages 167-205 in Études sud-arabes. Recueil offert à Jacques Ryckmans. (Publications de l'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, 39). Louvain-La-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste. |