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Ry 404
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 86-87, 101 (facsimile)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ṯdm bny (ʿtbm) S³nḥ bnyy w-brʾ w-hwṯrn w-hs²qr ḥrt-hmw Tfdn
2 [... ... s¹]qtm l-ʾr(ḍ)-hmw w-wyn-hmw b-Qḥfn b-rdʾ w-mqm mrʾy-hmw S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ
3 [w-bny-hw Mrṯdm Y]ḥmd ml[k]y S¹bʾ w-(ḏ)-Rydn bny ʾls²rḥ Yḥ<ḍ>b mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-b-ʾqwl-hmw
4 [... ...]md (ḏ)-Mʾ(ḏ)nm w-rṯdw mʾḫ(ḏ)-hmw w-ḥrt-hw [ʿṯ]tr S²rqn
| 1 | r]ṯdm (Ryckmans). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]ṯdm banū ʿtbm S³nḥ constructed, built, laid foundations and completed their irrigation canal Tfdn 2 [... ...] irrigation for their land and their vineyard at Qḥfn, by the help and the power of their two lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ 3 and his son Mrṯdm Yḥmd, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and by their ʾqwl 4 [... ...]md of Mʾḏnm. And they entrusted their control dyke and its canal to ʿṯtr S²rqn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḍahr |
| Ancient site | Ḍhr |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 86-87, 101 (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Huitième série. Le Muséon, 62: 55-124. |