CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

The text is indipendent of the main inscription.

TEXT


   1  | ʿlhn ḏ-Tʾlqm mlʿb ʾrḍ-hw ʾʿl[... ...]

Apparatus
ḏ-ʾrḍ (CIH).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿlhn ḏ-Tʾlqm irrigated land of his land [... ...]
1Jamme 1971: 46 rejects the CIH translation of mlʿb (“solum irrigatum”) and considers the substantive to be an attribute of the name ʿlhn, comparing it to the Syriac “to passionately desire” and therefore translating it as “enchanté de”, which appears highly unlikely. mlʿb is attested in CIH 37, 7: mlʿb ʿbrn “irrigated land of the terraced fields”. The noun is only found in inscriptions from the high plateau.
Jamme 1971 bJamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125143=1887,0629.31
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 26.2, w. 33, th. 10.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Arḥab
Ancient siteMdrm
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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