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 |
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. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
Link to object record |
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 |
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. |