MS Qawb 1
al-Salami 2011: 194, fig. 13 b
- al-Salami 2011: 194, fig. 13 b
- al-Salami 2011: 195, fig. 13 c
- al-Salami 2011: 195, fig. 13 d
- al-Salami 2011: 196, fig. 13 e
- al-Salami 2011: 196, fig. 13 f
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 (min.); 4 (max.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Krbʿṯt bn Lḥyʿṯt|
2 bn Rz(yn)m rṯd[ ]kl
3 mḥmyn (ʾ)rḍ-hm(w)
4 b-rdʾ s²ym-h<w> ʿṯtr ḏ-
5 Ḍmd w-ʿṯt<r> f-l-ys²mn ʾrḍ
6 bny (R)z[ynm] ḏ-[b]-Dyt w-kl|
7 ʾrḍ bny Rz[ynm][ ...]n.
8 lyb(r)[.](ḥ)[... ...]zfr
9 ḍʿ-h ḍʿ-h f[... ...](n)ḏr—
10 w ʾrḍ-h(mw) ʿṯ[t](r)[ ... ... mʾ]d(b)n
11 ḏ-ytfn m[.]k[.] l-(y)s²(mn)[ ... ...]
12 [.]ḏ-Ḍmd l-ys²(mn )ʾrḍ( )bny (R)z(ynm) [b]-mḍ(ḥ)m
13 [..]m w-r(ṯd)[.]z[... ...]
14 [... ... ]ʾmrʾ-hmw (l)-(y)[..](ḫ)
15 ẓ[.]q ḏ[... ...]
| 3 | The nunation in mḥmyn is probably a writing mistake. |
| 5-6 | The letter n in the words f-l-ys²mn and bny, as well as the letter k in the word w-kl are written as their mirror images. |
| 12 | The letter m in the divine epitht ḏ-Ḍmd is written as its mirror image. At the end of the line, beginning of line 9 we can integrate: b-mḍḥ-hmw, but the m after mḍḥ is legible. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Krbʿṯt, son of Lḥyʿṯt, 2 of the family Rzynm, put under the protection (of the god) 3 all the protected fields of their land 4 with the help of his Patron ʿṯtr ḏ- 5 Ḍmd. And regarding ʿṯtr, might He prosper the land of 6 the family Rznm, which is in Dyt and all the 7 land of the family Rzynm 8 [... ...] 9 its field by its field [... ...] 10 and their land ʿṯtr [ḏū Ḍamad] [... ...] vassals 11 [... ...] might He prosper [... ...] 12 might ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḍmd prosper the land of the family Rzynm 13 [... ...] and he put under the protection [... ...] 14 [... ...] their lords [... ...] 15 [... ...] |
| 9 | This construction, repeating a term to stress the fact that (in this case) each feld, one by one, were under the protection of ʿAṯtar, is still used in modern Arabic. ḍʿ, following to al-Salami, is to be compared with Ar. ad-daʿya, from ḌYʿ, "field". |
| 10-11 | The pass [mʾ]dbn ḏ-ytfn can possibly be reconducted to the words mʾdbt "vassal" and wtf "grant, concession(spec. of land); concessionary document". However, the meaning of this pass remains unclear, because of the fragmentary status of the inscription in this part. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | w. min. 26, w. max. 50 (base) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The deity ʿAṯtar ḏu-Ḍmd is attested only in this inscription and in MS Maḏbaḥ 3 (ll. 3-4). It is thus possible to suppose that it was a regional deity of the Jabal al-Lawz.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 33-36, fig. 13 a-f | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |