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MAFRAY-Malāḥāʾ 1


Robin 1988 a: 109, pl. 4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.3
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  [Ġ](w)ṯʾl bn Ṣbyḥ ḏ-S¹yl w-Whbʾl bn Fʾr ḏ-(H)[b]—
   2  (rr) qtdm k-mrʾh-s¹mn ʾlyfʿ Ys²r mlkh Mʿn kl mb[n]—
   3  y ʿḏb(ht)y s¹ʿḏb b-mzfy ḏ-Bḥrn w-mḏry ḏ-Ḥẓwt b-y—
   4  (wmh) ʾlyf(ʿ) Ys²r w-bn-s¹ Hwfʿṯt (mlky) Mʿn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [Ġ]wṯʾl son of Ṣbyḥ ḏ-S¹yl and Whbʾl son of Fʾr ḏ-H[b]rr
   2  were in charge for their lord ʾlyfʿ Ys²r, king of Maʿīn, for all the construction
   3  of the repairing done in the two divisors (?) of ḏ-Bḥrn and the two irrigated fields of ḏ-Ḥẓwt, at the time of
   4  ʾlyfʿ Ys²r and of his son Hwfʿṯt, kings of Maʿīn.
Robin 1988 a: 101Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27, w. 90
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMalāḥāʾ
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaBarāqish
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1988 a: 101-102, pl. 4Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114.