FB-Jawf 1
Bron 2014 b: pl. IX
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
GENERAL NOTES
| FB-Jawf 1 is probably part of the group of inscriptions carved on stelae from Jār al-Labbā (See CIH 460-466). |
TEXT
1 bn tʿbr ḏn wṯn—
2 n bn ws¹ṭ ms¹bʾ—
3 n yḏqṭn Ẓwẓwm
4 ʿbd bny Lḥyʿṯ—
5 t bn Rs²wn bd ḫ—
6 rfm b-ḏ-Hwbs¹
7 w-b-ḫrf b-hw y—
8 fls¹ l-yḏqṭ b-
9 ḏ-Fls¹m w-ʾtw-h—
10 w b-ḥrrtn qdm
11 ḫlf Bqrn w-hʾ—
12 tw ḏqṭn w-ṣḥf—
13 t tʾtwn ʿd q—
14 brn Nḍwn ḏ-s³—
15 n Rs²ʾn qbr K—
16 hlm
| 14 | Nḍwn as a toponym (Bron). |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Depuis la limite de cette borne, 2 depuis le milieu du chemin - ou du cours d'eau - 3 acomplira l'action ḏqṭ Ẓwẓwm 4 serviteur des banū Lḥyʿṯt, 5 ibn Rs²wn une fois 6 par an, (au mois) de Hwbs¹, 7 et dans l'annéè où 8 se produira le phénomène fls¹, qu'il accomplisse l'action ḏqṭ (au mois) 9 de Fls¹m et qu'il amène 10 dans le sistème d'irrigation, devant 11 la porte de Bqrn et qu'il présente le ḏqṭ et le document 12 de présentation auprès du 13 tombeau Nḍwn, qui est en direction 14 de Rs²ʾn, tombeau de 15 Khlm |
| 3 | The verb yḏqṭn doesn't seem to have correspondences in other semitic languages (Bron 2014 b). |
| 7-8 | yfls¹ is a form, attested for the first time, used to complete the action expressed by another verb (Bron 2014 b) |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, Unknown |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (ḏn wṯnn) |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jār al-Labbā |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Notes | The stela, probably used to mark the boundaries of an temenos, was found on the antique market. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Many differents interpretations have been given to the texts from Jār al-Labbā: declaration of property rights, delimitation of a sanctuary, texts related to irrigation issues (see Bron for the bibliography).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2014 b: 101-104, pl. IX | Bron, François 2014. À propos des inscriptions de Djār al-Labbā. Transeuphratène, 44: 101-104. |