CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Gr 114-I
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 110-Ia
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.3
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Much of the second part of the text is unreadable on the photo.
The edict is concerning the pasture rights.

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  w-ḥgr w-l yrʿy ṯ±wrm mrʿyt ṯwr[m w-ḥm]rm mrʿyt ḥm —
   2  rm w-qny mrʿy[t] ± qny[.] w-l yrʿy ʾs¹m l-mtʿ ṯʿd-hw w-ḏ-
   3  s¹ʾl-hw bʿr mtʿ ± ṯʿd-hw l-ys¹tṣrb l-mtʿ ṯʿd-hw w-hm s¹—
   4  ʾl ʾs¹m bn ʾb±ʿl mḥmynhn w-l yʾṯr b-ḥg ṣrbn [.]
   5  yhṣrbn ʾḫ-hw ± w-b-kn ʾl yʿkr ʾs¹m rʿy w-hṣrbn b-ṯʿd-
   6  [h]w b-mḥmynhn ± w-l yrʿy-hw ʾbʿl mḥmynhn ʾs¹m l-mtʿ ṯ—
   7  ʿd-hw w-ʾrḍ-[hw ] ± yʿkrw ḥtr[.w-]l yqmʿ kl ʾbʿl mḥmynhn

Apparatus
3In the commentary the editor hypothesizes that bʿr could be interpretated: b-ġr "without" (ġ>ʿ for the presence of r).
4At the end the editor integrates [k-].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
MeasuresStone I: h. 32.5, w. 20, th. 31; Stone II: h. 32.5, w. 49, th. 31
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Dughaysh
Ancient siteḤdqn
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 24-26, photos 110-I a, b; 110-IIBauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]