Gl 1364 A 338 a, b
Solá Solé 1964: pl. XIV/1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Some elements in the text recall Ry 522. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...] ms¹kb [... ...]
2 [... ](ġ)yl w-mḥgrt w-mr[ʿy ... ...] ḏ-qnyw [... ...]
3 [....]m w-bny-hw bn Btʿ ʿdy mḥrmn Ḏhbn w-ḥg-n k-ʿrm w-ʾḫḏ kl hwt byt—
4 [n... bn]y Btʿ w-S¹ʿdtʾlb w-Mḫṭrn w-kl ʾḫy-hw w-bny-hmw w-ḏʾʿḏr-hmw bnw B—
5 [tʿ ... Wh]bʾl Yḥz mlk S¹bʾ l-ʾdm-hw bny Btʿ w-ḥg-n ms³nd hqny Ns²(ʾ)[k]rb bn|
6 [... ](s¹)lḥn f-l yhmtʿn w-hbrrn w-hṣḥḥn w-hṣdqn w-hwfyn l-ʾdm-hmw S¹ʿd—
7 [tʾlb....] kl ʾns¹m bhṯm w-qṭnm [ḏ-r]ḥq w-qrb k-ḏ-(nm)y wtf( y)g(bʾ)nn l-
8 [... ...]
| 2 | mḥgrt-hmw w-mrʿy-hmw in CIH 204, 3; CIH 546, 11 (). |
| 3 | The first ligible lettre, m, has to be the end of a proper name. Ḏhbn is known as sanctuary of the sun-goddess in Ḥanān (RES 3943, 4). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [… …] 2 […] canal and reserved land and pastures [… …] which they acquired [… …] 3 [….] and his sons, the family Btʿ, at the sanctuary Ḏhbn, as he violently overthrew (?) and seized all that house (temple ?) 4 [… ] family Btʿ and S¹ʿdtʾlb and Mḫṭrn and all his brothers and their sons and their descendants, the family B- 5 [tʿ … Wh]bʾl Yḥz, king of Sbʾ, for his servants, the family Btʿ; and according to the inscription which Ns²ʾ[k]rb, son of ... dedicated 6 [… …]; may He grant protection, keep fair, upright, healthy and safe His servants S¹ʿd- 7 [tʾlb …] all men, grand and small, [who (are) f]ar or near, so that the concessionary document was extended (?), which they impose to 8 [… …] |
| 1 | Solá Solé connected ms¹kb to Arabic sakaba "to pour". |
| 6 | G. Ryckmans translates the Minaic ys¹brr w-s¹mtʿ (RES 3696, 4) as "verser et consacrer". In Sabaic, the IVth form of mtʿ means "to save, to deliver"; hbrr may have a similar meaning, "to keep fair"; for hṣḥḥn cf. the Arabic ṣaḥḥa, "health". |
| 7 | Solá Solé understands kḏnmy as k-ḏ-nmy, according to the Arabic namaya "enlarge" (see RES 3306, 4 = Gl 282; Solá Solé 1964: 46). The root NMY is not present in the SD. |
| Solá Solé 1964: 43-46 | Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1954: 108 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1954. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Onzième série. Le Muséon, 67: 99-119. |
| Solá Solé 1964: 43-46, pl. XIV | Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus. |
| Nebes 1995 a: 64 (183) | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |