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CIH 657+MṢM 3641 Gl 1666(=CIH 657)


Mazzini 2013: 85, fig. 1
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Mazzini 2013: 85, fig. 1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7 (MṢM 3641)
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Mazzini suggests that in all probability CIH 657 is the first part of CIH 657+MṢM 3641. This had been already pointed us to us by the GOAM archaeologist Ṣalāh al-Ḥusaynī, whom we would like to thank.

TEXT

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   1  [Ḏ]mrydʿ bn Mʿdkrb bn Mlḥn bny ḥrt-hw Tlṭ ḥrt nḫl-hw S¹qmn
   2  w-kll kl nḫl-hw S¹qmn w-ʾl ʾs¹ s¹ʾl Ḏmrydʿ b-nḫl-hw S¹qmn w-b ḥr—
   3  t-hw w-[b] fnwt-hw ḏt ts¹qyn-hw bn ḥrtn l-ġbt((Lġbt)) ḏt ḍfwt b-ʿly mḥm—
   4  ±(yn) w-b mw-hw w-b ʾʿlb w-ʾnty nḫl-hw S¹qmn ṯty ḍfwt [... ...]
   5  [... ...]r w-ʾl ʾs¹ s¹ʾl Ḏmrydʿ mnfs¹ w-mflq mwn l-ʿly nḫl-hw
   6  S¹qmn w-ḥrt-hw Tlṭ gwlm b-ʾlmqh

Apparatus
3The second interpretation of the reading variant is that proposed by Mazzini.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏmrydʿ son of Mʿdkrb, ibn Mlḥn, built his canal Tlṭ, canal of his palmgrove S¹qmn,
   2  and completed all his palmgrove S¹qmn, and let nobody claim from Ḏmrydʿ in his palmgrove S¹qmn, in his
   3  canal and in his secondary canal that irrigates it from the canal to his end that flow over the irrigated field
   4  [... ...] . and in his irrigation system, and in the ʿlb-trees and ʾnty-trees of his palmgrove S¹qmn, the two irrigation cycles [... ...]
   5  [... ...] and let nobody claim from Ḏmrydʿ the opening and the distribution of the watercoure for his palm grove
   6  S¹qmn and his canal Tlṭ, with full ownership rights, by ʾlmqh.

English

   1  Ḏmrydʿ son of Mʿdkrb from the family Mlḥn built his main canal Tlṭ, the canal of his palm grove S¹qmn
   2  and he completed all of his palm grove S¹qmn and let nobody lay claim to Ḏmrydʿ in relation to his palm grove S¹qmn and in relation to his main canal
   3  and the secondary canal, which waters it from the main canal Lġbt, which has flowed over ? / flooded ? the irrigated land,
   4  and in relation to his water resources and in relation to the ʿlb-trees and nty plants of his palm grove S¹qmn, the two water flows ? / floods ? [... ...]
   5  ... and let nobody lay claim to Ḏmrydʿ in relation to the sluice and the distribution system of water to his palm grove
   6  S¹qmn and his main canal Tlṭ with full ownership, for ʾlmqh.
Mazzini 2013: 85Mazzini, Giovanni 2013. The Sabaic inscriptions MṢM 3641 and CIH 657. Pages 83-90 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositIstanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7629
DepositṢanʿāʾ, Military Museum, 3641
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 26.5, w. 165, th. 25 (MṢM 3641)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī ʿAbīda)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī ʿAbīda
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conti Rossini 1931: 49, n. 35Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1931. Chrestomathia Arabica Meridionalis Epigraphica. Rome: Istituto per l'Oriente.
Nebes 1994: 195Nebes, Norbert 1994. Verwendung und Funktion der Präfixkonjugation im Sabäischen. Pages 191-211 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Mazzini 2013: 83-85, fig. 1Mazzini, Giovanni 2013. The Sabaic inscriptions MṢM 3641 and CIH 657. Pages 83-90 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.