Jamme 1958-1959: pl. V/3
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Script cursus | Boustrophedon |
Writing technique | Incision |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 | Yhrm bn ʾs¹dkrb b—
2 ny w-ʾl kmtt ḥrtn w-
3 [w]ṯn nḫln |
Apparatus |
1-2 | There is a word separator at the end of the lines. | 2-3 | The smaller shape of the conjunction w indicates that it was most probably secondarily added by the stonecutter. | 3 | Jamme reads s¹mtt |
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TRANSLATIONS
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1 Yhrm son of ʾs¹dkrb built
2 and let not violate the irrigation canal and
3 the boundary of the palmgrove.
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Marseille, Musée Borély, 5311 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 29, w. 69, th. 11 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Conti Rossini 1931: 49, n. 34 | Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1931. Chrestomathia Arabica Meridionalis Epigraphica. Rome: Istituto per l'Oriente.
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Jamme 1958-1959: 178-179, pl. IV/3 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958-1959. Les antiquités Sud-Arabes du Musée Borély à Marseille. Cahiers de Byrsa, 8: 149-189.
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