RES 3947 Gl 1138
Höfner 1981: pl. VII/1
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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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]dy[ ... ...](m w)-(kwn ṣq)
2 b-fnwtn s¹dṯ ʾmm /6/ w-l
3 y(bnyn) Ys²hrmlk ḥrtm b-ḏt fn—
4 wtn w-l yṯtʿd b-ḏt ḥrtn |
5 (ʾ)w fnwtn (ḏ)-kwn l-Ḥmnm (s²l)—
6 t mwnhn w-l Ys²hrmlk ṯty
7 ydy mwnhn w-hʾ l-yhws³ʿn Ḥm—
8 [n]m s¹tqym w-kwn l-Ys²hrmlk |
9 kl mwnhn w-ʾhn yʿkrn Ys²[hr]—
10 mlk (w)-(l) yndʾ mwm l-fnwt—
11 n w-Yṯʿkrb w-ʿmʿ[... ... ... ...]
12 [... ...] fnwtn [... ...]
| 1 | ṣq, Höfner proposes to integrate with ṣq[l] on the base of Gar S²Y/A12. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and it was ? 2 in the secondary canal six cubits (6), and let 3 Ys²hrmlk build an irrigation canal in this secondary 4 canal, and let it be used for irrigation this irrigation canal 5 or secondary canal, of which a third of the waters belongs to Ḥmnm, 6 and two parts of the waters 7 belong to Ys²hrmlk; and as for the latter, let him give Ḥmnm sufficient water 8 for irrigation, and let Ys²hrmlk have all 9 the waters, and whenever Ys²hrmlk raises an objection, 10 let him make flow the water into the secondary canal, 11 and Yṯʿkrb, ʿmʿ[... ...] 12 [... ...] the secondary canal [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jithwat al-Jarādān |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1981: 7-10, pl. VII/1 | Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |