Gl 1547 RES 3439
Schaffer 1972: pl. IX/18
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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 | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Only ll. 2 and 6 are given in RES edition. |
TEXT
1 w-ʾl b-ʿ[br w-b-ʿly ... ... bn k]—
2 l ʾs¹ṭr w-s²ʾmt w-ʾṯwb w-nḥlt w-rdyt w-ʾdbr w-[... ...]
3 Mʾḏnm w-ʾʿqbt-hmw w-s²ʿbn w-kl ʾn[s¹m bhṯ]—
4 m w-qṭnm ln nbt Yhyṯʿ bn By[... ...] [Y]hyṯʿ ʾʾḏn[ ... ...]
5 b-ʿly ʾly Mʾḏnm w-ʾwld-hmw w-s²ʿb-hmw Mʾḏnm w-ʾwld-hmw w-[... ... s²ʿb-h]—
6 mw Mʾḏnm bn hmt ʾs¹ṭrn w-s²ʾmtn w-ʾṯwbn w-nḥltn w-m[... ...]
7 m Yhyṯʿ Kbr-Ḫll ʾly M<ʾ>ḏnm w-ʿqbt-hmw w-s²ʿbn Mʾḏnm w-[... ... kl]
8 [ʾ]ns¹m bhṯm w-qṭnm w-bn-mlʾ w-rb{n}ḥt hmt ʾs¹ṭrn ʾhnm [... ...]
| 2, 7 | ʿqb: according to Beeston 1973, it remains an open question whether the contrasting forms ʾʿqb and ʿqbt do or do not correspond to a plural-singular contrast, or rather could be interpreted as a phenomenon of phonetic spelling representing a pronunciation in which the ʾ has been reduced to zero. The same occurs in the preceding word Mḏnm which contrasts with Mʾḏnm. |
| 8 | rbnḥt: because of the similar sentence in Gl 1572 "kl mlʾ w-rbḥ", Schaffer 1972 assumes that the letter "n" should be expunged. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 And it is no (longer) on the responsibility of and upon [... ...] on the basis of all 2 the written documents, purchase deeds, commercial transactions, concessions, financial obligations, duties and [... ...] 3 (the clan of) Mʾḏnm and their followers and the tribe of Mʾḏnm and any man, great 4 or small, when Yhyṯʿ son of By[... ...] exercised the leadership over the subjects of [... ...]; 5 and it is no (longer) on the responsibility of and upon those of Mʾḏnm, their children, their tribe of Mʾḏnm and their children and [... ...] their 6 tribe of Mʾḏnm, on the basis of these written documents, purchase deeds, commercial transactions, concessions and [... ...] 7 Yhyṯʿ of the Kbr-Ḫll, those of Mʾḏnm and their followers and the tribe of Mʾḏnm and any 8 man, great or small, and from the income and profit of these written documents whenever [... ...] |
| 1 | See CIH 609 for the translation of the introductory formula. |
| Schaffer 1972: 42 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shuʿūb |
| Ancient site | S²ʿbm |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schaffer 1972: 39-43, pl IX/18 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm. |
| Beeston 1973: 447 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1973. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography VIII. Le Muséon, 86: 443-453. |