Schm/Mārib 27
Müller, Walter W. 1987 c: pl. 36/c
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [|ʿm]s²fq bn Qwmm (k)br Ḍr(ʿ)m mwd Ydʿʾl w-Yṯʿʾmr|
2 |ʿs¹y w-bny mʾḫḏ-hw Yṯʿn w-kl fnwt-hw bn s²rw|
3 |Ḍrʿm w-s¹r nḫl-hw bn ʿrm w-nḫl-hw ḏ-bʾrn|
4 |w-ḏ ʾʿlbn gwlm l-ʾwṯn-hmy b-ʾlmq(h)[|]
| 1, 3 | Ḍrʿm could be a toponym. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿms²fq, son of Qwmm, kbr of Ḍrʿm, friend of Ydʿʾl and Yṯʿʾmr, 2 made and built his reservoir Yṯʿn and all his canal from the side 3 of Ḍrʿm and the valley of his palm grove from ʿrm and his palm grove, the one with the cistern 4 and with the ʿilb-trees plantation, with full ownership rights to their (two) borders. By ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Notes | The inscription was found ca. three kilometres southwards of the dam. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1987 c: 191-194, pl. 36/c | Müller, Walter W. 1987. Eine altsabäische Landeigentumsurkunde vom Wādī Aḏana. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 191-194. |