CIAS 95.11/j 4 n° 1 Ry 366
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- By kind permission of GOAM
- By kind permission of GOAM
- By kind permission of GOAM
- By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ln ḏn wṯnn w-→wṯny l-mʿbr-h[w]→[|] (ʾ)w(ṯn)[n ... ...]→[... ...] (Qtb)—
2 n ʾwṯn twṯ→nw s²ʿbn Yqhm→lk w-bn (B)[rṣm ... ...]→[... ...](ṯ)t w-b—
3 n-hw bnw ʿrgn | → (G)mwln ʾwṯn (y)→bnnn bynht [nḫl]→[n M](q)ẓm ḏ-ys¹my—
4 (n) Mwhrtn Nḫln → | s²ʿbn Yqhmlk | → w-bn Brṣm w-b[yn] → [ʾ]rḍ w-gblt w[z]—
5 ʾw whb w-hs²ʾmn s²ʿbn Yqhmlk | → w-bn Brṣm Gmw[ln] → | bn ʾrḍ nḫln |
6 Mqẓm ḏ-ys¹myn → (M)whrtn Nḫl[n s²ʿb]→(n) Yqhmlk w-(b)[n] → (B)rṣm ʿbr-n mʿr—
7 bn w-ʿbr-n ʾ[...] → [... ...] → [... ...](rb)[.](n) (ʾh)[.]→ (byt) w-nḫl bn
8 [... ...]
| 3 | bynht as a proper name (G. Ryckmans). It is instead a variant of the particle byn "between". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 From this boundary stela and the two boundary stelae at the West of it (are) the boundary stelae of [... ...] Qtbn 2 boundary stelae that delimited the tribe of Yqhmlk and the family Brṣm [... ...] and 3 from it the family ʿrgn Gmwln, boundary stelae that mark the limit between Mqẓm, which 4 the tribe of Yqhmlk and the family Brṣm call Mwhrtn Nḫln ("the palmgrove") and the land and the cultivated land that 5 continue to grant and sell the tribe of Yqhmlk and the family Brṣm Gmwln, from the land of the palmgrove 6 Mqẓm that the tribe of Yqhmlk and the family Brṣm call Mwhrtn Nḫln ("the palmgrove") 7 from the West and from [... ...] the house and palmgrove from 8 [... ...] |
| 3, 5 | Gmwln is translated as "ensemble" by G. Ryckmans and Pirenne. The word, however, is found as a proper name (see e.g. RES 4127). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 231=AM 206 |
| Support type | Monumental stela |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30, w. 22, th. 2.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Notes | Probably from the region of Maʾrib (cf. Sima 2000: 229 and Mazzini 2011: 131-132). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 60-61 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Huitième série. Le Muséon, 62: 55-124. |
| CIAS: ii, 181-184, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |