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ZM 5+8+10


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/CE432 CE
End date - BCE/CE432 CE
Date accuracyAccurate
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  ʿbdm Brrn w-ḥs²k[t-hw ʾ]bs²ʿr w-bny-h[my w-bnt-hmy ... ...]—
   2  s³tr w-ʿmrt w-Tʿmr[ ... ...] w-ʿnd w-ḏ-ʾflṯ [... ...]
   3  ḏ-ʾḥym w-ʾws²ẓ-h[mw br]ʾw w-hqs²bn byt[y-hmw ... ... b]—
   4  n mwṯr-hmy ʿdy mr[y]m-hmy b-zkt Rḥ[mnn w-b-rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw]
   5  ʾmlkn ʾbʿl Rydn w-Mrʾ s¹myn[ ... ...]—
   6  ḥyw b-ʿml-hmw ʾks³ḥ ṭwʿ ʾfs¹-hm[w w-l-yhʿnn-hmw Mrʾ]
   7  s¹myn bn kl bʾs¹tm w-l-yḫmrn-hmw mw[t ṣdqm ... ...]
   8  w-ʾmn wrḫ-hw ḏ-Ḥltn ḏ-l-ṯny w-ʾrbʿy[ w-ḫms¹ mʾtm]

Apparatus
4Integration at the end of the line on RES 5085/8.
5-6Perhaps: [y]ḥyw.
7Integration at the end of the line on Ry 520/7.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿbdm Brrn and his wife ʾbs²ʿr and their sons and daughters [... ...]-
   2  s³tr and ʿmrt and Tʿmr [... ...] and ʿnd and of ʾflṯ [... ...]
   3  of ʾḥym and their servants built and constructed their houses [... ... ] from
   4  their foundation to their top by the grace of Rḥmnn and with the help of their lords
   5  the kings, masters of the house of Raydān and of the Lord of the heaven [... ...]
   6  put in life, with their good activity, respectable obedience of their persons and might the Lord of heaven save them,
   7  from all harm and might grant them a good death [... ...]
   8  Amen. In the month of Ḥltn in the year five hundred forty-two.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositẒafār, Museum
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteẒafār
Ancient siteẒfr
Geographical areaẒafār
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, Walter W. 2009: 247-255Müller, Walter W. 2009. Eine sabäische Inschrift aus Ẓafār aus Jahre 542 der himjarischen Ära. Pages 247-255 in Werner Arnold, Michael Jursa, Walter W. Müller and Stephan Procházka (eds). Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica In memoriam Alexander Sima. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 61Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.