MAFRAY-al-Mabniyya 1
Robin 1993 b: 175, fig. 2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The measures of the inscribed panel are w. 65 x h. 22 cm. This text is related to MAFRAY-al-Mabniyya 2, which is dated to the reign of Ykrbmlk Wtr, king of Sabaʾ. |
TEXT
1 [S¹](mhk)r(b) qdm ʾtm s²ʿbn ḏ-Ms²rʿm bn (B)ʿṯtr w-(ʾ)—
2 ḫ-hw Tbʿkrb bn Yṯʿkrb bny ʾtwm hwṯry w-b—
3 ny ḥrt-hmy Tʿd b-fnwt hwḍʾ nḫl-hmy Wrq ḏ-y—
4 s¹myn ḏt Mhrm l-ms¹qyt-hw w-l ms¹qyt kl qny-hm—
5 y w-ʿnb-hmy bn s²rgm ʾmn w-ʾl ʾs¹ s¹ʾl-hmy bn-kl
6 S¹bʾ kl ms¹qytm w-ṯʿdm w-ṭbntm w-rʾs²tm b-ḏt↯
7 [... ...]
| 1 | Robin suggests that Ms²rʿm could be the ancient name of al-Mabniyya. |
| 7 | The text is interrupted at the end of l. 6. It probably continued on a different stone block. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹mhkrb, chief of the assembly of the tribe ḏū Ms²rʿm, son of Bʿṯtr, and his 2 brother Tbʿkrb son of Yṯʿkrb, of the family ʾtwm, founded and built 3 their sluice Tʿd on the canal which drives out (water to) their palmgrove Wrq, which 4 is called ḏt Mhrm, for its irrigation system and the irrigation system of all their property 5 and their vineyard, from a watercourse in safety. And let nobody lay claim on them, from all 6 Sabaʾ, to all irrigation system, rights of use, propriety, and cession (?) in this 7 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Sluice |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 24, w. 177 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Mabniyya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Dam or retaining structure Tʿd |
| Notes | The object was found on the surface near the ruins of al-Mabniyya during a survey. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1993 b: 175-177, fig. 2 | Robin, Christian J. 1993. Trois inscriptions sudarabiques trouvées aux environs d'al-Bayḍāʾ du Jawf (Yémen). Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 16: 173-181. |