MAFRAY-al-Ḥijla 1
Robin 1992 c: 220-221, fig. 3-4
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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 |
TEXT
1 Tbʿm Yhʿn brʾ byt-hw Yʿrm b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-ḫms¹t w-ṯmnhy ḫryft—
2 m bʿd-n bʾt hgr-hmw Grw w-hgrn Grw w-bʾt b-ḏ-l-ʾḥd w-ṯmnhy ḫryftm w-n—
3 qz w-brʾ b-ʾrs²s²m w-ʾḥfym b-ywm kwn ḍrm byn mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-mlk Ḥ—
4 ḍrmwt w-mlk Qtbn w-b-ywm kwn s¹ntn b-kl ʾrḍn w-b-kl ʾbʾr s¹rn Mhrm ʾl—
5 ḥy Tqyn S¹hmym Kbbʾry Ḥs²t w-Thmm [w]-brʾ b-ḥbtm ḥbt wrqm [w]-s¹qym w-ʾk[lm]
| 2 | Robin translates Bʾrs²s²m and ʾḥfym as two names of buildings. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Tbʿm Yhʿn built and completed his house Yʿrm in the year eighty-five of the years, 2 after the pest of their town Grw and the town Grw was struck by the pest in the year eighty-one. He excavated 3 and built in ʾrs²s²m and ʾḥyfm, when there was a war between the king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and the king of 4 Ḥaḍramawt and the king of Qatabān and when there was the infection in all the lands and the wells of the wādī Mhrm: ʾl- 5 ḥy, Tqyn, S¹hmym, Kbbʾry, Ḥs²t and Thmm. He built in a warehouse, the deposit of vegetables, harvest and crops. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Ḥijla |
| Country | Yemen |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The general war among all the kingdoms, in the middle of the second century AD, is here mentioned.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 c: 219-224, figs 3-4 | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Guerre et épidémie dans les royaumes d'Arabie du Sud. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 219-224. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 12 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |