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Ja 2870 Gl 1654; RES 4081 N° 107


Höfner 1973: pl. XIV/1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT

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   1  Ḥywm Kdḥm bn Ls¹—
   2  qd ʿbd ʿws²ʿly wṯ—
   3  q l-ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʾl—
   4  mqh bn ḏy yfrq-hw b-(qṭ)—
   5  w-hw

Apparatus
1f Ḥywm S¹myḥm s¹s¹lm (Höfner).
2[.] ʿbd S²ʿr ʿly (Höfner).
3y ʿṯtr S²rqn wʾl (Höfner).
4mqh bn yḏ qf (Höfner).
the pronoun ḏy should be marked with the genitive vowel -y (Stein 2003 a: 145).
5wh (Höfner).
Höfner publishes also E. Glaser's reading.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥywm Kdḥm, son of Ls¹ ‒
   2  qd, servant of ʿws²ʿly, has placed his confi-
   3  dence in ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾl ‒
   4  mqh against the person who would frighten him [: the author] during his
   5  walk.
4-5b-(qṭ)w-hw: Jamme compares this expressions with the arabic verb qaṭs¹ that means "to walk with slow steps".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1973: 53-54, pl. XIV/1Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Jamme 1976: 66, pl. 19 (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.