Fa 55
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 47
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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 |
TEXT
1 w-rʾ (k)-(gz)mw bnw ḏ-Ḫlfn gzm-ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿṯ—
2 tr bʿl Bḥr Ḥṭ[y]bm((Bḥr Ḥṭbm)) w-g(z)m ʾlmqhw bʿl-ʾ(w)m w-
3 tḥ(ẓ)t (w)-(ḥ)[rg mrʾ]-hmw S²ʿrm ʾ(w)tr mlk (S¹)bʾ w-ḏ-R—
4 ydn bn ʿ(l)h[n mlk S¹]bʾ k-ḏ-m(w) ylqḥnn kl ʾns¹m bhṯm
5 w-qṭnm .t[ ... ...]nn kl zʾdm l-ḏ-yhwṯqn-hw
6 w-ḏ-mw yhrʾ(b)nn (b)-ʿly (ẓ)hrm l-q(b)ly ḏ-ʿz-hmw s²wnʾg((S²wnʾl))
7 [.]h wrq-hmw (w)-hmhr mlkn bn-hmw gwz[... ...]
| 3 | tḥyt, on the copy of A. Fakhry (1952). |
| 5 | Ryckmans integrates [yhrʾs²]nn on the base of RES 3910. |
| 6 | G. Ryckmans did not do any explication for s²wnʾg. A possible proper name (S²wnʾg/S²wnʾl) could be hypothesized. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 And thus the family of Ḫlfn concluded the pact of ʿṯtr S²rqn and 2 ʿṯtr, Lord of Bḥr Ḥṭybm ((Ḥṭbm)), and the pact of ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾ(w)m, 3 and the favourable auspices and the authority of their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and 4 ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn, king of Sabaʾ, such as this: every (socially) great 5 and small man, who will take illegally, [... ... should pay] all revenue to whom will guarantee it. 6 And who will make a contract on the basis of a document, according to what has been attributed to them [... ...] 7 [... ...] their gold coin (or, their vegetable crops). And the king imposed a payment to them [... ...]. |
| 1 | "ont reconnue comme obligatoire... la décision" (G. Ryckmans 1952). |
| 6 | Following F. Bron (Bron 1985: 135). |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 31 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Bron 1985 a: 135 | Bron, François 1985. Sur une locution conjonctive en araméen et en sabéen. Pages 133-136 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Maxime Rodinson par ses élèves, ses collègues et ses amis. (Comptes rendus du Groupe linguistique d'études chamito-sémitiques. Supplément, 12). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23, w. 70 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 104, fig. 47 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 31-33 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |