Müller, Walter W. 1987 c: pl. 36/c Image free from copyright
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Script cursus Boustrophedon
Writing technique Incision
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text
TEXT marker
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)[|]
Apparatus 1, 3 Ḍrʿm could be a toponym.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 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 ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin 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. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYMüller, Walter W. 1987 c : 191-194, pl. 36/cMüller, Walter W. 1987. Eine altsabäische Landeigentumsurkunde vom Wādī Aḏana. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen , 4: 191-194.