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RES 5085 Ry 340


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodE
Start date - BCE/CE450 CE
End date - BCE/CE450 CE
Date accuracyAccurate
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  Mʿlym Yzd w-[Ḫ]w[l]ym Y(zd) |
   2  w-S¹lfm Yhs¹kr w-Mls²n Yhnʿ—
   3  m bnhy Mls²n w-bnhy Nmrn |
   4  ʾlht Yzʾn w-Yl(ġb) w-ḏ-Kbrn w-Ḫy—
   5  s¹(y)n w-Ṣdqyn w-ḏ-Yṣbr hqs²bw w-grb ġl-h—
   6  mw b-s¹r ʿmqn l-ʾrḍ-hmw Ḥyfn w-hqs²b-hw w-h—
   7  wʿbn bn ʿly-hw ʿdy s¹lf-hw b-gyrm w-qṣm b-rd—
   8  ʾ ʾln bʿl s¹myn w-b-rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw ʾmlkn ʾbʿl Rdn
   9  w-b-rdʾ ʾs²ʿb-hm(w) Ḍyftn w-Rṯḥm w-b-rdʾ nṣr-hmw w-ṣy(d)-hmw
  10  w-ṣyd-hmw w-mʿ(q)bt-hmw wrḫ-hw z-Ṣrbn
  11  ḏ-l-s¹ty w-ḫms¹ m—
  12  ʾtm

Apparatus
1Mʿlym (Müller).
9the second w-ṣyd-hmw (probably a dittography) must be removed.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mʿlym Yzd, Ḫwlym Yzd,
   2  S¹lfm Yhs¹kr, Mls²n Yhnʿ-
   3  m, the sons of Mls²n and the sons of Nmrn,
   4  those of Yzʾn, Ylġb, ḏ-Kbrn, Ḫy-
   5  s¹yn, Ṣdqyn and ḏ-Yṣbr brought into cultivation and laid out their fields (irrigated) in terraces
   6  in the wādī ʿmqn to their land Ḥyfn and brought into cultivation it and carried out
   7  from the top to the lower level with plaster and gypsum. With the help
   8  of ʾln, the Master of heaven and with the help of their lords, the kings, masters of Raydān,
   9  with the help of their tribes Ḍyftn and Rṯḥm and with the help of their privileged members and their huntsmen,
  10  their huntsmen and their guards. In the month of Ṣrbn
  11  in (the year) five hundred
  12  sixty.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown (wādī Raḥayl)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Raḥayl
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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CULTURAL NOTES

The text reports construction works in the wādī ʿAmaqīn, a fertile territory formerly part of the Ḥaḍramitic kingdom. Agriculture is made through terrace-cultivation, whose structure is reinforced with materials such as lime-plaster and gypsum.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stark 1939: pl. VIIIStark, Freya 1939. Some Pre-Islamic Inscriptions on the Frankincense Route in Southern Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 479-498.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 b: 312-316, pl. IXRyckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Sixième série. Le Muséon, 52: 297-319.
Gajda 1997: 23-25Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence).
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 66-67Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.