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Mon.script.sab. 46


Weninger 2002: figs 2/a-d

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMinuscule writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT

marker


   1  ṯty blṭtn rḍy—
   2  m ḏ-yts¹yn Whbṯw—
   3  n Rfʾn l-Mʿḏlm ḏ-
   4  ʾrʿtm bn mdly b-
   5  ʿm-hw l-mrʾ-hw mlk—
   6  n b-wrḫ ḏ-Nʿm ḏ-ḫr—
   7  f Mʿdkrb bn Tb—
   8  ʿkrb bn Fḍḥm
   9  ṯnym Whbṯwn Rfʾ—
  10  n ḏ-wqhw mrʾ-hw ḏ-ḥḍ—
  11  r

Apparatus
4Mdʿy (Weniger); mdly (Stein 2010: 223).
5-6mlʾn (Weniger); mlkn (Stein 2010: 223).
9-11lines written on the verso.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Two good blṭ-coins, for which
   2  Whbṯwn Rfʾn guarantees
   3  to Mʿḏlm of
   4  ʾrʿtm, son of Mdʿy himself
   5  on behalf of his son (for the) full (sum). Issued
   6  in the month ḏ-Nʿm of the year
   7  of Mʿdkrb, son of Tb-
   8  ʿkrb of the clan Fḍḥm
   9  Two [obviously the blṭt-coins]. Whbṯwn Rfʾ-
  10  n [name of the guarantor], to whose son, who was present, they gave
  11  orders. [Signature]
1-6"Zwei vollwertige blṭt(-Münzen), welche Whbṯwn (aus der Sippe) Rfʾn dem Mʿḏlm aus (der Sippe) ʾrʿtm garantiert, von dem Betrag, welcher auf ihm (lastet) zugunsten seines Herrn, des Königs" (Stein).
Weninger 2002: 220Weninger, Stefan 2002. More Sabaic Minuscule Texts from Munich. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 32: 217-223.
Stein 2010: 223Stein, Peter 2010. Die altsüdarabischen Minuskelinschriften auf Holzstäbchen aus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek in München. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 5). Tübingen: Wasmuth.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mon.script.sab. 46
Support typeStick
MaterialWood
Dimensionsl. 10.6, h. 3
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Weninger 2002: 220-222, figs 2/a-dWeninger, Stefan 2002. More Sabaic Minuscule Texts from Munich. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 32: 217-223.
Stein 2010Stein, Peter 2010. Die altsüdarabischen Minuskelinschriften auf Holzstäbchen aus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek in München. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 5). Tübingen: Wasmuth.