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YM 28981
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 56
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...](w)-s¹trḍw ʿ(ṯt)r (ḏ)-(Qbḍ) [... ...]bt-S²rqn hn yms¹[... ...]
2 [... ...]klmn yṯmr w-s¹ttrf b-bḍʿ Qrnw ʾḥd ms¹ḥ ḏy[... ...]
3 [... ...]ʾt trf w-b ḥs¹b w-l yḫtllqn ʾbʿl bḍʿn ʾns¹ ʿm s³[... ...]
4 [... ...]yms¹ḥn w-s¹wfy ʿd ḏ-ʿs²r ymh bn-hn ys¹nʿy nʿyn w-[... ...]
5 [... ...](y) ḏ-ys¹ʾby b-ʾms¹ḥn ʾms¹k-s¹m s²kn ʾḫḏ w-s¹qm ʿṯtr ḏ-[... ...]
6 [... ...]yhty ftll k-bḍʿ Qrnw hn yms¹ḥn w-ḏbḥ w-s²tkw ʾbʿl w-[... ...]
7 [... ...] w-s²rg yṯmr b-s¹ w-kwn ḏ-ngw ḏn s¹ṭrn ʾḫr-bn ʾms¹ḥh ym[... ...]
| 2 | rklmn (Arbach). |
| 3 | ʾbʿl bḍʿn ʾns¹ (Arbach). |
| 6 | yms¹ḥn w-s²tkw (Arbach). |
| 7 | ʾḫrbn (Arbach). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and they satisfied ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ ... S²rqn hym-s¹[... ...] 2 [... ...] the land that gives fruits and s¹ttrf in the land of Qrnw one ms¹ḥ ḏy[... ...] 3 [... ...] ʾt trf and ḥs¹b and for him to prepare the non arable land of man[... ...] 4 [... ...] yms¹ḥn and to offer on the tenth day from this he delimits the surrounding territories [... ...] 5 [... ...] that he establishes in ʾms¹ḥn ʾms¹k-s¹m as decided and ordered ʿṯtr ḏ-[... ...] 6 [... ...] this territory became part of the territories of Qrnw and he sacrifices and s²tkw the territory of [... ...] 7 [... ...] and the river that waters the fruit trees. It was notified and protected from all damage and deterioration [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 28981 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 38, w. 90, th. 11 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 56-57, cat. 32 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |