Istanbul 7632 RES 3903
Beeston 1952: pl. III/B
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| RES 3903 is only an extract of Istanbul 7632. |
TEXT
1 Ḏmrʿly Byn mlk S¹bʾ bn S¹m—
2 hʿly Ynf ʿs¹ʾ w-hqḥ ḥrtn (w)-m—
3 (l)kdn l-ms¹qt nḫl-hw ḏ-Qlḥn
| 2-3 | mlkdn: only the top stroke of the L is visible, but the reading is certain. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏmrʿly Byn king of Sabaʾ son of 2 S¹mhʿly Ynf built and completed the canal and the 3 cistern for the irrigation of his palmgrove ḏ-Qlḥn. |
| 2-3 | For the meaning of mlkdn, Beeston suggests to compare Heb. lkd "to capture". |
| 3 | Qlḥn litterally means "raised water channel" (cf. Beeston et al. 1982: 104), but in this inscription it seems to be the proper name of the land (cf. Beeston 1952). |
| Beeston 1952 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1952. Four Sabaean texts in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Le Muséon, 65: 271-283. |
| Beeston et al. 1982 (=SD): 104 | Beeston, Alfred F.L., al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA., Müller, Walter W. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic). Dictionnaire Sabéen (anglais-français-arabe). Louvain-la-Neuve: Éditions Peeters / Beirut: Libraire du Liban. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7632 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 75 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1952: 282-283, pl. III/B | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1952. Four Sabaean texts in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Le Muséon, 65: 271-283. |