Nihm/al-Quṭra 15 MAFRAY-Mahazza 1
Christian J. Robin
Frantsouzoff 2009 a: 156, fig. 1
Frantsouzoff 2009 a: 156, fig. 1
- Christian J. Robin
Frantsouzoff 2009 a: 156, fig. 1 - Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 57, pl. 54b
- Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 57, pl. 54c
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.2 (l.1) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 (ḏk)r (ʾ)l(hb) Zʿmn w-kl ʾḫy-[h]—
2 mw w-bn(y)-(h)mw (ʾd)[m] bny S¹ḫm(m)
3 k-rʾ k-s¹twklw (Tʾ)lb bʿl
4 (Qdmn) ḥ(g)-(n) wqh-hm(w) ʾ(lh) (Ḫs¹)ʾm
5 [w-... ...] w-(Tʾlb)( b)-(ms¹ʾl)-
6 [hw l-yḏb](ḥnn)-hw ḏ(b)ḥm w-l yṯb(n)
7 (b)-(s³ḫn)[n] (b)-wrḫ (Ṣ)rb drm drm b-ḫ—
8 rfm l-ʿbr-(h)w l-(ḏ)t yh(ʿ)nn-hmw bn
9 (kl) ḏ-nkrw b-ʾrḍ-hmw w-byt-hmw
10 (Rbn) (b)[n] m(qṣm) (w)-qmltm w-Tʾ—
11 (l)[b] f-(s²f)t ʾdm-hw k-yʿnn-hm(w)
12 (b)n (k)l nkym bn tkwn ḏn [w]—
13 tfn l-ʾḫr w-kwn ḏn (w)tf(n)
14 (b)-wrḫ Dṯʾ ḫrf (Rb) bn Y(fs²)
15 bn Yhs³ḥm
| 5 | "In all probability one more deity was mentioned in this lacuna. The name of ʿṯtr S²rqn, for instance, corresponds well to its size" (Frantsouzoff 2009: 158). |
| 7 | The editor reads: (b-s³ḫnn). |
| 11 | yʿnn-hm(w): "This verbal form in the imperfect has the same meaning as yh(ʿ)nn-hmw in l. 8. The omission of the h can be explained either by the assimilation of this consonant or simply as a mistake" (Frantsouzoff 2009: 158). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Declaration (on behalf) of ʾlhb Zʿmn and all their brothers 2 and their sons, clients of the family S¹ḫmm: 3 indeed they sought favour from Tʾlb, Lord 4 of Qdmn, as the god of Ḫs¹ʾm [and...] and T'lb commanded them 5 in His oracular response 6 to sacrifice Him a victim and to repeat 7 in [...] in the month of Ṣrb regularly, once 8 a year, on His behalf; may He protect them from 9 everyone who did damage to their land and their house 10 Rbn, from (any) loss and insect pests. And Tʾ- 11 lb, He promised to His devotees to protect them 12 from any mischievous person, from the establishment of this do- 13 cument onwards. And this document was (written) 14 in the month of Dṯʿ in the year of Rb, son of Yfs², 15 of the family Yhs³ḥm. |
| 7-8 | The editor translates: "and may He reward them with big (beasts)". At the beginning of l. 8 he reads: s³ḫnn and he notes: "this word, attested here for the first time in Epigraphic South Arabian languages, can be compared with ṯaḫīn (pl. ṯiḫān) 'thick, big, coarse, or gross" in classical Arabic (Lane 1863-1893: 333)" (Frantsouzoff 2009: 158). |
| Frantsouzoff 2009 a: 157-158 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2009. The status of sacred pastures according to Sabaic inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 39: 155-162. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 112, w. 39 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Quṭra |
| Ancient site | Mṭrtm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2009 a: 155-161, fig. 1 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2009. The status of sacred pastures according to Sabaic inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 39: 155-162. |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 138-141, pl. 54 a-c | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |