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 |
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. |
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. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 23, w. 70 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maʾrib |
Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
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. |