MAFRAY-Ḥisāya 1
Robin 1991: 178, fig. 17
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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 - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is partly deleted on the left and down because of the water. |
TEXT
1 Frʿm bn Rtʿ tqdm l-mrʾy-
2 hw Wtrm Yrtʿ w-Lḥyʿt (Br)—
3 yn bny Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫw(ln) [ʿs²](q ḥrt w)-(nqb)—
4 [t yʿ]lwn ʾmwh [...]n [... ...]
| 2 | Lḥyʿt instead of Lḥyʿṯt as a regional variant (Stein 2003 a: 23, fn. 38). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Frʿm ibn Rtʿ directed for his two 2 lords Wtrm Yrtʿ and Lḥyʿt Br- 3 yn, banū Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, the realization of the dam and the 4 channels which bring up the waters [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | w. 100 (l. 1) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Miʿsāl |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1991: 178, fig. 17 | 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. |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |