CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters9
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  Rbm w-K(l)bm w-Mkrb w-Yhrm w-b(n)-[hmw bnw]
   2  Ḫrdmn hwṯrw w-hs²qrn hgr-hmw Ṯmr[. w-l ms¹qt]
   3  ḫms¹t ʾʿnbm mḏbn ḏ-S¹wmn w-ḏ Ms¹w[... ...]

Apparatus
2It is not certain that the name of the town Ṯmr was complete.
The restitution, proposed by Schaffer, at the end of the line 2: l-ms¹qt, is conditioned by the word mḏbn, in the third line and it is not certain. Moreover, the translation of mḏb (<ḎWB ?) "canal" is not certain.
3In the transcription: ḥms¹t, but is seems a banal mistake of Schaffer.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rbm, Klbm, Mkrb, and Yhrm and their descendants, [of the family]
   2  Ḫrdmn, laid the foundations and completed their town Ṯmr[. and for the irrigation of]
   3  five vineyards of the canal of S¹wmn and of Ms¹w[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteʿUṣām
Ancient siteʿṣmm
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schaffer 1972: 34-36Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm.