Schm/Mārib 24
Schmidt et al. 1986: 15/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
TEXT
1 [ḥ](g)-n k-wqh w-rys³n ʾ[lm—
2 qh]-Ṯhwn w-Ṯwr Bʿlm [bʿ—
3 ly ]Ḥrwnm b-ms¹ʾl-hm[y ʿ—
4 bd]-hw Whbʾl Yḥz m[lk ]
5 [S¹b]ʾ w-ʾdm-hw S¹bʾ w-[Fys²—
6 n ]w-ʾqwl ʾs²ʿbm w-kl[ ʾn—
7 s¹]m bhṯm w-qṭnm l-k-ḏ [ʾ—
8 l] hs¹ʾl ʾḫḏ mḥltn [b]-—
9 [Ḥ]rwnm l-kl ftḥm w-s¹ʾ[l—
10 m] nḥql bn ʿs²ry rḍym w-[b—
11 n]-hw w-l-lʿl w-ḏ-yʾḫḏn m[ḥl—
12 t]n bn wḍʿm bn ʿs²ry rḍ[ym ]
13 w-l ʾs¹fl f-l ytqdmn tnkr—
14 n w-mlkn w-bn s¹ʾl-hw f-l yḫb[n]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Thus ʾlmqh 2 Ṯhwn and Ṯwr Bʿlm, 3 Lords of Ḥrwnm, ordered and decreed in Their oracles, 4 to His servant Whbʾl Yḥz, king 5 of Sabaʾ, and to His vassals Sabaʾ and Fys²n 6 and to the ʾqwl of the tribes and to all the 7 men, great or small, that 8 the receiver of the compensation fee in 9 Ḥrwnm should not ask for every lawsuit and decree 10 (an amount) except by twenty coins of good quality and 11 more than that. But, who receives a compensation 12 fee from one who goes below the (amount of) twenty coins of good quality 13 and to a lower amount, he shall be proposed for trial for fine 14 and property liability and, regarding his claim, he should be in debt. |
| 8 | Müller (1986 d, 66) translates ʾḫḏ mḥltn "der Einnehmer der Ablösegebühr". |
| Schmidt et al. 1986 | Schmidt, Jürgen, Finster, Barbara, Herberg, Werner, Klaus, M. and Müller, Walter W. 1986. Zweiter vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und Forschungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts Ṣanʿāʾ in Mārib und Umgebung. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 3: 1-95. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn w-Ṯwr Bʿlm bʿly Ḥrwnm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schmidt et al. 1986: 66-70, pl. 15/a-b | Schmidt, Jürgen, Finster, Barbara, Herberg, Werner, Klaus, M. and Müller, Walter W. 1986. Zweiter vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und Forschungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts Ṣanʿāʾ in Mārib und Umgebung. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 3: 1-95. |