RES 4195+ RES 3438 Gl 1544
Beeston 1952: pl. III/A
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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 | 3.8 (l. 1); 3 (l. 8) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [Ḥ]ẓyn ʾṣḥḥ ʾys¹ nbt bn byt bny Ns¹rm w-ḥs²kt-
2 hw S²mrm w-ʾlwd-hmy ʾs¹dm w-Dlwn w-Ḥbs² w-Ṯwrm b—
3 nw ʿqrtm hw[k]yw w-ṯwbn byt-hmw ḏ-Dhr Ḍrn w-ys³f-hw
4 s¹qfm w-yqṭ w-gyrn w-hqs²bn krfm w-mrm w-hqs²b ḥrm w-f—
5 dy yyn-hmw ʿm-n bny [ʿ]rm ʾbs²[r]n w-bql w[y]n-hmw ḏ-
6 S²bzn w-fdy ʿm-n bny Khnl s¹ṭrm ḏ-mlʾ-hw s¹bʿy
7 w-mʾt ḍʾnm w-s²ʾm ʾdmm ʾs¹dm w-bntm b-rdʾ ʾ—
8 lʾlt-hmw w-b-tḥrg ʾmrʾ-hmw bny S¹mhs¹mʿ
| 1 | [K]ẓyn (Beeston); [L]ẓyn (Jamme). |
| 3 | hw[ḏ]yw (Beeston 1952, corrected in hw[k]yw in Beeston et al. 1982: 160); ys³f (instead of ws³f) as well as yyn (instead of wyn, l. 5), both show the transition of w into y, which is a trend of southern Sabaic. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥẓyn ʾṣḥḥ, independent head of the family from the clan Ns¹rm, with his wife 2 S²mrm and their children, ʾs¹dm, Dlwn, Ḥbs² and Ṯwrm, of 3 the family ʿqrtm, constructed and repaired their house ḏ-Dhr Ḍrn and added to it 4 a roof; and they dug, plastered and constructed a cistern and (its) irrigation system (?), and constructed (its) irrigation canals (?); and they 5 acquired their vineyard from the family ʿrm of (the tribe) Yhbs²r, and planted their vineyard 6 ḏ-S²bzn, and acquired from the family Khnl a tract of land of which his (grazing) full capacity is of one 7 hundred and seventy sheep; and they purchased male and female servants. By the help of 8 their gods and by the authority of their lords, the banū S¹mhs¹mʿ. |
| 1 | ʾys¹ nbt: " indipendent head of a family" (Beeston). According to Beeston, the term "nbt" could be considered the opposite of "wld", the former denoting a form of clan affiliation distinguished from the "wld" who were the direct descendants of the clan-head; on the contrary, "nbt" describes a person who has himself become the paterfamilias of a collateral branch of the clan. Jamme considers "nbt" as a present participle and translates it with "originating". |
| 4 | mrm: "(its) retaining wall" (Beeston); on the different meanings attributed to this noun, see Prioletta. |
| 6 | ḏ-mlʾ-hw: "sufficient for" (Beeston). |
| 6-7 | On this phrase, see also Beeston 1980 a. |
| Beeston 1952: 281-282 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1952. Four Sabaean texts in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Le Muséon, 65: 271-283. |
| Jamme 1976: 92 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Beeston 1980 a: 23 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1980. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography II. Raydān, 3: 17-26. |
| Prioletta 2013 a: 83 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Inscriptions from the southern highlands of Yemen. The epigraphic collections of the museums of Baynūn and Dhamār. (Arabia Antica, 8). Roma: L'«Erma» di Bretschneider. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7630 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30, w. 57.5, th. 7.6 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Baynūn |
| Ancient site | Bynn |
| Geographical area | Khawlân |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Dhr Ḍrn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1952: 277-282, pl. III/a | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1952. Four Sabaean texts in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Le Muséon, 65: 271-283. |
| Jamme 1976: 92-93 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |