Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Legal text |
Y.90.DA 1 and Y.90.DA 2 are inscribed on the two faces of the same stela. |
1-6 | The reading of the text on the photograph is difficult; the editors' transcription has been adopted. |
3 | Nʾdm is a name of land in Y.90.DA 2, l.5. Regarding mʾtm, cfr. yʾtm in Y.90.DA 2, l.4. |
English | |
1 Abīyada[ʿ et] Dhiʾ[bum] 2 fils de Yas³iqʾil [... ... dhū-] 3 Naʾd[um ... ...] 4 .... Abīyadaʿ et [Dhiʾbum l'ir-] 5 rigation, avec les eaux, par l'a[jout(?) ... et] 6 Abīyadaʿ et Dhiʾbum ont garanti à Yas³iqʾil 7 ses droits, au mois de dhū-Kashabum, sous la prṯ- 8 trise de Sumhukarib fils de Yuhaqīm. Témoins: 9 Yaʿadharʾil fils de Saddādum et Yabḥar- 10 ʾil fils de Shabʿat. A Yas³iqʾil 11 (appartiennent) les plantations (?), les ʿilb et la totalité des fruits. |
Gnoli and Robin 1992: 93 | Gnoli, Gherardo and Robin, Christian J. 1992. Nouveaux documents sabéens de Barāqish. Yemen. Studi archeologici, storici e filologici sull’Arabia Meridionale, 1: 93-98. [Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Periodicità non determinata] |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Barāqish (surroundings) |
Ancient site | Yṯl |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The inscription was found south of the village of Darb al-Ashrāf. |
Link to site record |
Gnoli and Robin 1992: 93-95, fig. 1 | Gnoli, Gherardo and Robin, Christian J. 1992. Nouveaux documents sabéens de Barāqish. Yemen. Studi archeologici, storici e filologici sull’Arabia Meridionale, 1: 93-98. [Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Periodicità non determinata] |