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Suq Bayt Naʿam 1 Ga 10(Av); Ga 35(Ja)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| There is no photo for the inscription. Garbini writes: "L'iscrizione dal punto di vista paleografico, è caratterizzata dalla r a due tratti e dalla n rovesciata". |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿṯt w-bn-hw bnw Ghyfm hʿs¹ʾ—
2 w w-hnkl mr-hmw Hrn l-wyny-hmw M—
3 ʿdy w-S²gbm w-rṯd-hmw ʿṯtr w-Wdm
4 w-kl ʾlʾlt-hmw w-mnḍḥ-hmw w-s²ms¹-
5 hmw bn-kl ḍrʿtm w-nkym w-mn ḏ-yḍrʿn
6 b-hmw w-*l*-ys²trynn-hw ʾlʾ[lt...]
| 2 | The editor reads w-hkns¹, J. Pirenne in the commentary of CIAS 42.11/b 4 (p. 99): "D'après une photographie inédite (Mission française, 1972), il faut lire: w-hnkl". |
| 6 | The editor reads: w-b-ys²trynnn-hw; the correction proposed by Beeston 1972 b: 396 is right. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿṯt and his son, of the family Ghyfm, constructed 2 and finished off their channel Hrn for their two vineyards M- 3 ʿdy and S²gbm and he committed them toʿṯtr, Wdm 4 and their gods, their tutelary deities, their solar deities 5 against any damage and mischief and who is damaging 6 them; may the gods save him ... |
| 6 | Although ys²trynn is a form t- seems have an active meaning. |
| Garbini 1970 b: 540-542 | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Suq Bayt Naʿam |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1970 b: 540-542 | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548. |
| Beeston 1972 b: 396 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1972. Sabaean Marginalia. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 32/3: 394-400. |