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Robin-Rayda 2A


Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 12/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.8
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Reemployed in a house of the Rayda sūq.

TEXT

marker


   1  ḥg-n wqh ʾlmqh k-
   2  l yhʿrbn l-ms³ndm
   3  b-ʿrbn w-b-s¹ʾrt
   4  mḥrmn l-yhms¹ḥn

Apparatus
3Beeston (1979 b: 92) proposes to emendate: b-ʿ*br*n.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Thus decreed ʾlmqh: that
   2  anyone who makes an offering for the inscription,
   3  as a pledge and according to the custom
   4  of the temple, must perform the anointing (?).
"si quelqu'un apporte une offrande pour une inscription à la charge et selon la manière du temple, il pourra faire l'onction".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 41, w. 27
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteRayda
Ancient siteRydt
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beeston 1979 bBeeston, Alfred F.L. 1979. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography I. Raydān, 2: 89-100.
Robin 1982 a: ii, 39-41, pl. 12/bRobin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.
Bron 1992: 54 (photo)Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.