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RES 3860 Gl 1772; Gl A 654


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyCommemorative text

TEXT

marker


   1  [ ... ... S¹]bʾn b-mlk ḏ-(Ḏ)[... ...]
   2  bn Yhqm ḏ-Ḫll bn Mh[... ...]
   3  [... ...] s¹ṭr ywm rs²w ʿṯtr ḏ-[Ḏ]—
   4  bn w-fdy-hw w-hmy ʿṯtr
   5  S¹bʾ w-gwm ḫrf w-dṯʾ b-by—
   6  tn S¹bʾn Yqmʾl [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] S¹bʾn, during the reign (?) of Ḏ[... ...]
   2  son of Yhqm, of Ḫll, ibn Mh [... ...]
   3  [... ...] he wrote (this inscription) when he was priest of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏ‒
   4  bn, and ʿṯtr released him from (obligations) and irrigated
   5  Sabaʾ and the community during autumn and spring in the
   6  house S¹bʾn. Yqmʾl [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Balaq al-Janūbī
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lundin 1965: 35, 44, 49, pl. X/2Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Jamme 1967 d: 384-385, pl. II (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1967. The Sabaean Onomastic Lists from (?) Ṣirwâḥ in ʾArḥab (second half). Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 42: 361-406.