CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Solá Solé 1964: pl. III, fig. 2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

In Gl 1451 (=A 407) there is the same text.

TEXT


   1   ʾ(n)bm w-ʾbʾns¹ bny [.]—
   2  ʿmn Bwl ḫ(d)[rn... ...] —
   3  rn gwln w-k(w)n ḫdrn
   4  l-Ḫrfn w-l-(B)[..]n bny By—
   5  h(s¹)m

Apparatus
2-3We can integrate again: ḫd]rn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾnbm and ʾbʾns¹, the two sons of
   2  [.]ʿmn Bwl (gained legal possession of) the grave [... ...]
   3  with full ownership rights and so the grave is
   4  for Ḫrfn and for B[..]n, members of the family
   5  Byhs¹m.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1964: 13-14, pl. III, fig. 2Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.