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Ja 2848 ax Gl 1752; CIH 967


Lundin 1965: pl. XXVI; Wissmann 1982: 286, fig.76 (facsimile)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6-7
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyCommemorative text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿms²fq bn ʿmkrb bn Ḥzfrm ḏ-Ḫll |
   2  mwd Ydʿʾl w-Yṯʿʾmr w-Krbʾl ywm r—
   3  s²w ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn w-fdy-hw (bn) kl ʾbyt-
   4  hw w-s¹qy (ḫr)f w-dṯʾ S¹bʾ w-gwm s²bʿm |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿms²fq, son of ʿmkrb, ibn Ḥzfrm, of Ḫll,
   2  friend of Ydʿʾl, Yṯʿʾmr and Krbʾl, when he was
   3  priest of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn and when (ʿṯtr) released him from (his obligations in) all His temples
   4  and He irrigated in abundance Sabaʾ and the community during autumn and spring.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsw. 36, h. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Balaq al-Janūbī
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conti Rossini 1931: 49 n. 36Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1931. Chrestomathia Arabica Meridionalis Epigraphica. Rome: Istituto per l'Oriente.
Rhodokanakis 1922: 53Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1922. Ḳatabanische Texte zur Bodenwirtschaft. Nikolaus Rhodokanakis, Ḳatabanische Texte zur Bodenwirtschaft. ii. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 198). Vienna: Alfred Hölder.
Lundin 1965: 19, 32, 44, pl. XXVILundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Jamme 1976: 57, pl. 14/V (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Wissmann 1982: 285-286, fig. 76 (facsimile)Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)]