MAFRAY-al-ʿAdan 10+11+12 Nihm/al-ʿAdan 9
Robin 1985: pl. IV
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- Robin 1985: pl. IV
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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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 ḏkr s²ʿbn ʾbʿl hgry(n)
2 Ms¹wrtyn mrʾs¹-hmw w-qs¹d-[h]—
3 mw w-ʾs¹ḫm-hmw w-s²rw-hmw w-(ʾ)—
4 dymt-hmw k-rʾ k-gzmw gzm
5 [t](ʾ)mnt s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rym(m)
6 [ḏ-ʿrn] (ʿ)df k-ḏ-my yr(ʿ)yn(n) [..]
7 [...](mḥgr) Tʾlb ḏ-ʿrn ʿdf
8 kl qṭntm b-ḥywm w-s¹ntm
9 w-mn-my ḏ-l-hw yhyqnn k-rʿy h—
10 wt mḥgrn f-l ytnkrn l-Tʾ—
11 lb w-s²ʿbn ḫms¹y blṭm ḏ-rḍy—
12 m f-ʾw l-tmtʿn yd-hw b-ws¹ṭ
13 mḥgr Tʾlb w-kwn ḏn wtf—
14 n ḥg-n k-wqh Tʾlb b-ms¹—
15 ʾl-hw l-wfy s²ʿb-hmw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Reminder of the tribe, that of the masters of the two cities, 2 each called Ms¹wrt: their lords, their small landowners, 3 their ʾs¹ḫ, their artisans, and their 4 servants that they swore an oath of 5 obedience to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm, 6 He of the mountain ʿdf, according to which they will not graze 7 [...] in the area reserved to Tʾlb, He of the mountain ʿdf, 8 any small livestock, healthy or dying. 9 The one that will be established with certainty that he did graze in that 10 reserved area, he was condemned to pay in favor of Tʾ- 11 lb and of the tribe a fine of fifty blṭ of exact 12 weight or his hand was preserved in the middle of 13 the area reserved to Tʾlb. This decree was established 14 as Tʾlb prescribed in His oracle 15 for the sake of their tribe. |
| 3 | Frantsouzoff 2016: 86 translates ʾs¹ḫm "Blacks" i.d. "servants from Africa". |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 84-87 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 108, w. 28 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-ʿAdan |
| Ancient site | ʿdf |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1985: 308-315, pl. IV | Robin, Christian J. 1985. L'offrande d'une main en Arabie pré-islamique. Essai d'interprétation. Pages 307-320 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Maxime Rodinson par ses élèves, ses collègues et ses amis. (Comptes rendus du Groupe linguistique d'études chamito-sémitiques. Supplément, 12). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Frantsouzoff 2016: 84-87, pls 9/a-c | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |