Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
The editor could not see the original epigraph, but only a trascription made by one of his students. The typology of the inscrption is a legal/dedicatory text. |
English | |
1 Nmrn Yhḥmd and Ns²ʾkrb Ys²ʿr sons of S¹ʿdn ʾwkn 2 of the banū Ddn acquired and obtained the property rights and transacted and purchased all their crops 3 of ḏ-S¹wt, by the power of ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm and Tʾlb 4 Rymm Lord of Trʿt and Ḫḍʿtn and Mrbḍn, and by the power of 5 their lords the banū Hamdān and the favour of their tribe of the city of 6 ʾknṭ, and they committed their crops of ḏ-S¹wt from the one who will damage and harm (them) 7 to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm and Tʾlb Rymm. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Sūat |
Ancient site | ḏ-S¹wt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Link to site record |
al-Ṣilwī 2009: 17-50 | al-Ṣilwī, Ibrāhim 2009. Naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd min nuqūš išhār milkiyya ʾarḍ zirāʿiyya min Qariyat Suwāt bi-mudīriyyat Ḫarif. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-iǧtimāʿiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Maǧallat Kulliyyat al-Ādāb, 32: 17-50. |