YMN 1
ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 66, fig. 1
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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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is parallel to a Qatabanic text, set alongside of it (YMN 2). |
TEXT
1 Ḏrḥn bn ʾbḏḫr bn Ḫbz—
2 n w-Ḏrft ẓrb w-rs¹ʿ w-br—
3 ʾ w-hqḥ mqbr-hw Ṣnʿn w-kl
4 ms³wd-hw w-mwrty-hw w-gyr-
5 hw w-mbrʾt-hw l-qtbrm
6 b-hw kl ʾḥrr w-ḥrtw b—
7 yt-hw Ġyln
| 5 | the infinitive l-qtbrm has the ending -m, sometimes attested in Qatabanic, but not in Sabaic. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏrḥn, son of ʾbḏḫr, he of Ḫbz- 2 n and ḏ-Rft possessed, constructed 3 and completed his grave Ṣnʿn, all its hall 4 and its walls and its construction 5 in order to bury in it 6 the free men and women 7 of his family Ġyln. |
| ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 52 | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 2: 47-75. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 46, w. 41. |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt al-Aḥraq |
| Ancient site | Grw |
| Geographical area | Radmān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Ṣnʿn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 48-51, pl. 1 | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 2: 47-75. |
| Robin 1991-1993 f: 99 | Robin, Christian J. 1991-1993 [1992]. Les langues de la péninsule arabique. Pages 89-111 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud. |
| Stein 2012: 49 | Stein, Peter 2012. Aspekte von Sprachbewusstsein im antiken Südarabien. Pages 29-59 in Johannes Thon, Giuseppe Veltri and Ernst-Joachim Waschke (eds). Sprachbewusstsein und Sprachkonzepte im Alten Orient, Alten Testament und rabbinischen Judentum. (Orientwissenschaftliche Hefte, 30). Halle: Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Regionalstudien der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. |