MS Maḏbaḥ 1
al-Salami 2011: 190, fig. 6
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Measure of letters | 13 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Yfrʿ
2 Qynn
3 Ḥyw—
4 m[ ]Hḥr—
5 ṯ[ ]mrs²w
6 |ʿṯt—
7 r ml—
8 ʾ Yf—
9 d[ ]b-—
10 ḫrf
11 hmy
| 1-11 | The letter m is written as its mirror image. |
| 5 | The editor interpretes mrs²w as a plural form of rs²w. |
TRANSLATIONS
| German | |
1 Yufriʿ 2 (aus der Sippe) Qaynān 3 und Ḥaywum 4 (aus der Sippe) Haḥraṯ, 5 die Priester 6 des ʿAṯtar. 7 Er (sc. ʿAṯtar) hat 8 (den Damm?) Yafid 9 in ihrem 10 Priesterschaftsjahr 11 (mit Wasser) gefüllt. |
| al-Salami 2011: 22-25 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 27 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Madhbaḥ |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This text, together with several other inscriptions, shows that the god ʿAṯtar was the deity responsible for irrigation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 22-25, fig. 6 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |