CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters4.3
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT


   1  [... ...]w w-[.]rm w-bny-
   2  [h]my ʾlrm w-Ydm
   3  bnw Fʿrn s²ʾmw
   4  w-ʾtm w-hqs²bn ʿ—
   5  br-hmw tʾtmm ḏ-Y—
   6  nrm b-mqm ʿṯtr
   7  ḏ-S³lq w-b rdʾ s² —
   8  ʿb-hmw w-ʾdm-hm[w]

Apparatus
7S³lq could be the name of a sanctuary.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ... and [.]rm and their
   2  children ʾlrm and Ydm,
   3  of the family Fʿrn, bought
   4  and acquired and brought under cultivation their
   5  terraced field as a property of Y-
   6  nrm; by the power of ʿṯtr
   7  ḏ-S³lq and with the help of
   8  their tribe and their subjects.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 45.5 (of the inscription)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteYanūr
Ancient siteYnrm
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
NotesAccording to the inhabitants the stela was discovered in a field to the east of the village.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 39-40Bauer, 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]