SR-Ḥāz 18
Rijziger 2018: 144, fig. 21
- Rijziger 2018: 144, fig. 21
- Rijziger 2018: 144, fig. 21/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...] (t)qnʿ[w] (w)-(s¹tydʿn) w-w[... ...]
2 [... ...] (t)ʾtmw b-ʿrtn ḏ-Ḫ(lq)tm [... ...]
3 [... ...] w w-ʾ[.]lṯ-hmw kl ʾt(m) s²ʿbn ṯlṯn ḏ-Ḥml[n ... ...]
4 [... ...]m w-ngzm w-q(h)tm bn ʾlbb-hm(w w)s¹(ṭ)-(n) (mw)ṯb-hmw w[... ...]
5 [... ...] w-(m)ydʿtm w-(ṣ)f qhtm w-ʿtbm S¹ʿdtʾlb bn S¹myʿ(m) [... ...]
6 [... ...b]n Mʿhr w-ḏ-(Ḫ)wln bn Whbʾl Yḥ[z] bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-(Ḫ)w[ln ... ...]
7 [... ...] w-kl ql yqlnn w-wqh w-ḥr(gn) bnw Btʿ bn ws¹ṭ (b)ytn [... ...]
8 [... ...] w-s¹m(y) [..](w)n mrʾy-hmw S¹dtʾlb w-Mḫṭrn [... ...]
9 [... ...] (n)-hmw f(ḫ)rm [... ...]
| The reading zʿt-mw is possible. The interpretation of Ḫlqtm as a toponym is hypoyhetical. | |
| 3 | The missing letter in w-ʾ[.]lṯ-hmw, according to the editor, could be a ṯ, thus connected with "three" or "third". |
| 4 | The reading ws¹ṭn (preposition ws¹ṭ and enclytic n) is not sure. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [...] they have asked and sought knowledge and [...] 2 [...] they assembled (?) in the citadel (?) ḏ-Ḫlqtm [...] 3 [...] and their "thirds" (?), all the assembly (?) of the tribe "third" (=fraction) ḏ-Ḫlqtm [...] 4 [...] and order (?) and command from (the midst of) their hearts and from the midst (?) of their (tribal) seat [...] 5 [...] and a (divine) information and a ... of command and order(,) S¹ʿdtʾlb, descendant of S¹myʿm, ... [...] 6 [...] descendant of Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, descendant of Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln [...] 7 [...] and every qayl who will rule and command and wield authority over Banū Btʿ from within the house [...] 8 [...] their two lords S¹ʿdtʾlb and Mḫṭrn [...] 9 [...] a proposal [...] |
| Rijziger 2018: 143-146 | Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Whbʾl Yḥz could be the same Whbʾl Yḥz qayl of Radmān and Khawlān attested, for example, in MAFRAY-ad-Dimn 1 and MAFRAY-Sāriʿ 6.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rijziger 2018: 143-146, fig. 21 | Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111. |