Ja 539
By kind permission of Chr.J. Robin
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 l(n) ḏn s¹(ṭ)rn (s²w)—
2 [ḥ]ṭt b-ḏ ḫms¹ ʾ—
3 mm ʿd ws¹ṭ bʾr—
4 [n w-l s¹ṭrnhn y]—
5 [rmyn bʾrn] /60/
| 2, 4, 5 | Between square brackets, Jamme’s reading. The text is no longer readable on the rock. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 From this inscription there is (a distance of) one s²w‒ 2 ḥṭt, equivalent to five cubits, 3 up to the middle of the well; 4 and up to the (two?) inscriptions, 5 the well extends for 60 (cubits?). |
| 3 | Beeston interprets the word bʾrn as a nominative and the subject of the sentence ("From this inscription, at a distance of .... straight ahead is the well"). On the other hand, the other editors all consider bʾrn as a genitive governed by ws¹ṭ. |
| 1-3 | "Von dieser Inschrift ist (die Entfernung) ein s²w- ḥṭt (bestehend) aus fünf Ellen bis zur Mitte des Brunnens" (Stein 2003 a: 55). |
| Beeston 1981 c | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XII. Le Muséon, 94: 55-73. |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
| French | |
1 Depuis de cette ligne d'écriture, une s²w- 2 ḥṭt plus cinq cou- 3 dées, jusqu'au milieu du puits; 4 et que les deux lignes d'écriture 5 déterminent le puits, 60. |
| Jamme 1955 g | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions des alentours de Mâreb (Yémen). Cahiers de Byrsa, 5: 265-281. |
| French | |
1 Depuis de cette inscription, en fait d'une s²w- 2 ḥṭt comprenant cinq coudées 3 jusqu'au puits 4 et aux deux inscriptions 5 qui surplombent le puits 60. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Awsaṭ |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1955 g: 268-269, pl. I (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions des alentours de Mâreb (Yémen). Cahiers de Byrsa, 5: 265-281. |
| Beeston 1981 c: 61-63 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XII. Le Muséon, 94: 55-73. |