Ḥājj al-Ṭaffa 1
al-Ḥājj 2016 b: 120
- al-Ḥājj 2016 b: 120
- al-Ḥājj 2016 b: 121
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The author of the text is the same author of YMN 9, YMN 10, MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 4. In this last text the same king of Ḥaḍramawt is also mentioned. |
TEXT
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwl—
2 n qyl Rdmn w-Ḫwln bql w-ṯwb w-hqḥ wyn-
3 (h)w ʾġnm ḏ-b-mwqrt hgrn Qḏḥt w-bqlw b-hwt wy—
4 nn ʿs²rt (ʾ)ʾlfm ḥblm w-mrwynhn T(g)b w-Tgyb w-kl ʾ—
5 [..]r wynn ʾġnm b-rdʾ w-mqm mrʾ-hw ʾlʿz Ylṭ mlk Ḥḍrm—
6 t bn ʿmḏḫr w-b-rdʾ ʿṯtr S²rqn w-S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm w-ʿm ḏ-
7 Mbrqm w-b-ʾḫyl s²ʿb-hmw Rdmn w-Ḫwln w-b-ḥng ʾ—
8 nby b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-ʾrbʿhy w-mʾt ḫryftm w-l-Ḥḍr—
9 mt hy ʾḏrm ḏ-Ḥbylm ṯnyhn
| 3 | mwqrt is attested in YMN 13, 5. A reading mwfrt is also possible. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd, of the family Mʿhr and Ḫwln 2 qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln, planted, repaired, completed his 3 vineyard ʾġnm, which is at the entrance of the city Qḏḥt; he planted in that vineyard 4 ten thousand rows of vines and two irrigation systems Tgb and Tgyb and all 5 [... ...] the vineyard ʾġnm, with the help and the power of his lord ʾlʿz Ylṭ, the king of Ḥḍrmt, 6 the son of ʿmḏḫr, and with the help of ʿṯtr S²rqn, S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm, ʿm 7 ḏ-Mrqbm, with the might of their tribe Rdmn and Ḫwln, according to 8 ʾnby in the year one hundred forty of the years, for Ḥḍrmt 9 is (corresponding to) the second year of ʾḏrm, of the family Ḥbylm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 40, w. 70 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ṭaffa |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Madar |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The text is dated on the basis of the Radmanite era. The concordance with a Ḥaḍramite second eponym year (ṯnyhn, with the Ḥaḍramitic determinative article -hn) is noteworthy.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Ḥājj 2016 b | al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2016 (1437). Naqsh sabʾī jadīd min mudīriyyat al-Ṭaffa muḥāfaẓat al-Bayḍāʾ muʾarraẖ bi-ʿahd Ilīʿazz Yalaṭ bin ʿAmmī Ḏaẖar, malim Ḥaḍramawt. Ḥājj-al-Ṭaffa 1 (New Sabaean Inscription from Al-ṭafah area, Al-Baidaa governorate dated to the reign of the king ʼl ʽz ylṭ bn ʽmṯḫr, king of Ḥaḍramawt. Ḥaj-Altafah 1). Majallat al-Siyāḥa wal-Āṯār, 28/2: 99-121. |