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 - fragmentary |
The stone is reemployed on a city gate of ʿAmrān. |
Rhodokanakis suggested the following integrations: | |
1-2 | yzʾn tb]s²rn. |
4 | b-hwt [s¹rn. |
5-6 | w-ʾfql hḥ]yw. |
6 | lm[t lmt. |
10 | [h]n. |
English | |
1 [... ...] 2 .. And [may] ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm 3 [continue?] to give His servants the banū Mrṯdm favourable announcements of luxuriant 4 crops and perfect harvests in that [... ...] 5 .. and may (He) continue to protect all the fruit crops [... ...] 6 ... that valley, against any [... ...] 7 in the year of Wddʾl son of Ḥywm descendant of Ḥz- 8 frm for now and in future; and as for the banū Mrṯdm, 9 they are not permitted to stop gratifying ʾlmqh, Master of ʾwm, 10 with sacrifices and offerings, in respect of (?) the inscription and the document 11 of this wtf-document once a year (?) [... ...]. |
6 | Rhodokanakis, according to his integration: "vor jedem Verder[ben, wie es eintraf" |
10 | "They are not permitted to neglect the performance and carrying out of [the orders ...]" (Beeston 1981 b: 22). "Quant aux Banū Marṯad, ils ne doivent pas cesser d'offrir des sacrifices et de rendre son dû à ʾAlmaqah, seigneur de ʾAwwām - conformément au texte et document de ce wtf - à perpétuité, chaque année" (J. Ryckmans 1953 b: 355). |
Rhodokanakis 1917 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1917. Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen. II Heft. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 185/3). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. |
Ryckmans, Jacques 1953 b | Ryckmans, Jacques 1953. À propos du mʿmr sud-arabe: RES 3884 bis. Le Muséon, 66: 343-369. |
Beeston 1981 b | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Two epigraphic South Arabian roots: HYʿ and KRB. Pages 21-34 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 150, w. 40 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Link to site record |
Rhodokanakis 1917: 157-162 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1917. Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen. II Heft. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 185/3). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. |
Fakhry 1952: 16, fig. 4 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
Grjaznevič 1978: 26, fig. 20 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |