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Shibam-Kawkaban-Ga 1 Ga 9 (Av); Ga 34 (Ja); Chelhod 28
Garbini 1970 b: pl. 31/b
Garbini 1970 b: pl. 31/b
By kind permission of Sarah Rijziger
By kind permission of Sarah Rijziger
By kind permission of Sarah Rijziger
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 S²rḥm ʾs²wʿ w-Hwfʿṯt ʾ(gḥ)r w-bny-hmw Brqm Yʿrr [... ...]
2 fdyw w-qṣṣ w-brṯn kl mlʾ w-rbḥ ʾḥd ẓhrm ḏ-mlʾ-hw ṯmn mʾn w-ṯny ʾlfn blṭm w—
3 rq s¹twhb w-s¹trʾbn Whblt ḏ-Wqhn bn Rzn ḏ-S²rʿn w-ʾdm-hw bny Klbn ʾs¹bʾn (ḥw )—
4 rw hgrn Mryb [...](ṣḥrn) (ʾrbʿy) (ʾ)[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| German | |
1 S²rḥm ʾs²wʿ, Hwfʿṯt ʾgḥr und ihr Sohn Bqrm Yʿrr [... ...] 2 haben die gesammte Summe samt Zins einer Urkunde, deren Summe zweitausendachthundert blṭt(-Münzen) 3 beträgt, ausgelöst, quittiert und abgetragen das Geld (nämlich), welches Whblt aus (der Sippe) Wqhn von Rzn aus (der Sippe) S²rʿn und dessen Dienern, den banū Klbn, entliehen und als Kredit aufgenommen hat. |
| 1-3 | "acquitted themselves of, repaid and discharged the whole sum, with accumulated interest of (= specified in) one document, the sum total of which is 2800 blṭ" (Beeston 1972 b: 396) |
| 3-4 | After the translation by Multhoff and Stein we can translate: "the Sabaeans, inhabitants of the city of Mryb ...". |
| Beeston 1972 b: 396 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1972. Sabaean Marginalia. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 32/3: 394-400. |
| Multhoff and Stein 2008: 31, n. 74 | Multhoff, Anne and Stein, Peter 2008. Tempeldiebstahl und andere Schlechtigkeiten. Zwei verkannte sabäische Inschriften. Orientalia, 77/1: 1-44. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām-Kawkabān |
| Ancient site | S²bm |
| Geographical area | al-Maḥwīt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The inscription is walled above a door in the courtyard of the mosque of Shibām-Kawkabān. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1970 b: 539-540, pl. 31/b | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548. |
| Multhoff and Stein 2008: 31, n. 74 | Multhoff, Anne and Stein, Peter 2008. Tempeldiebstahl und andere Schlechtigkeiten. Zwei verkannte sabäische Inschriften. Orientalia, 77/1: 1-44. |