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RAMRY/94-az-Zālif 1 no. 1
Frantsouzoff 2005 a: pl. XLVIII/2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The formulary of this text is usual, since the inscription begins with the god as the subject, and then ends with the common dedicatory formula with the verb tḍʾ. It cannot be excluded that a large portion of the inscription might be missing at the beginning, which was engraved on another block. |
TEXT
1 [..]rm S¹yn bql ʿs¹nm *ʾ*d mnʿy—
2 [..]ḏm w-blqm w-tḍʾ Ys³bʾl b-ʾ—
3 [ḏn ] S¹y*n* nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-wld-s¹ w-q—
4 [ny-s¹ ... ...]
| 1 | Frantsouzoff integrates [w-ḥ]rm. This integration is likely but not completely sure, and therefore cannot be accepted. At the end of the line the ʾ is written on a b. |
| 1-2 | One could integrate mnʿy[m ʿ]*ḍ*m w-blqm, supposing another engraver's mistake. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [..]rm S¹yn the plantation from (lit. of) the bottom to the top (of ?) 2 [..]ḏm and in stone; and Ys³bʾl placed 3 under the will of S¹yn his life, his faculties, his children and 4 his properties [... ...] |
| 1 | "And Siyān proclaimed sacred (prohibited) the plants (growing) from the bottom until the upper construction elements (made)" (Frantsouzoff). |
| Frantsouzoff 2005 a: 197 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2005. Epigraphic documentation from Ḥaḍramawt. Pages 193-216 in Alexander V. Sedov. Temples of Ancient Ḥaḍramawt. (Arabia Antica, 3). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Pisa University Press. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | al-Mukallā, Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 23, w. 56.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿUsum / al-Zālf |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S¹yn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Frantsouzoff 2005 a: 196-198, pl. XLVIII/2 | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2005. Epigraphic documentation from Ḥaḍramawt. Pages 193-216 in Alexander V. Sedov. Temples of Ancient Ḥaḍramawt. (Arabia Antica, 3). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Pisa University Press. |