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Mon.script.sab. 220A
Stein 2005 b: fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Minuscule writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | List of ploughed lands |
TEXT
1 ṯny qrf(n )[ḏy fl](gy )b-ʿs¹t<n>m ḏ-fqḥy ḏ-[ʾlʾlt ... ...]
2 qrfm ḏ-ḫmr(m) ḏ-flg b-ṯnym ḏ-fqḥ(y)[ ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
3 s²(lṯ)t qwrfm ʾlw flgw b-s²lṯ(m)[ ḏ-fqḥy ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
4 (qr)fm ḏ-ḫmr*m* ḍrnm ḏ-s¹twḍʾ b-ḏ [... ...]
5 qrfm ḏ-ḫmrm ḏ-flg b-ʾrbʿm ḏ-(f)[qḥy ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
6 ṯny qrfn ḏ<y >-flgy b-ḫms¹m ḏ-fqḥy (ḏ)-[ʾlʾlt ... ...]
7 ṯny qrfn ḏy flgy ḏy ḫmrm w-flg ʾ[... ...]
8 ṯny qrfn ḏy flgy b-s¹bʿm ḏ-fqḥy ḏ-ʾ[lʾlt ... ...]
9 ṯny qrfn ḏy flgy b-ṯmn(y)m ḏ-fqḥy (ḏ)-ʾ[lʾlt ... ...]
10 qrfm ḏ-ʾḥt ʿynm ḏ-flg b-ts¹ʿm ḏ-f[qḥy ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
11 ṯny qrfn ḏy flgy b-ʿs²rm ḏ-ʾgb(y) [ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
12 ṯny qrfn ḏy flgy b-ʿs¹tnm ḏ-ʾgb(y) [ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
13 ṯny qrfn ḏy flgy b-ṯnym ḏ-ʾgby ḏ-(ʾl)[ʾlt ... ...]
14 ṯny qrfn ḏy flgy b-s²lṯm ḏ-ʾg(b)[y ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
15 qrfm ḏ-ʾḥt ʿynm ḏ-flg b-ʾrbʿ(m)[ḏ-ʾgby ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
16 ṯny qrfn ḏ(y) (f)[l](g)y [... ...] ḏ-ʾgby ḏ-ʾlʾlt (w)[... ...]
17 qrfm ḏ-(ʾ)ḥt ʿynm ḏ-flg b-s¹bʿm ḏ-ʾgby (ḏ)-[ʾlʾlt ... ...]
18 qrfm ḏ-ʿnfm ḏ-hmṯ S²(rḥ)ʾl ḏ-Fʾr b-s¹(b)[ʿm ... ...]
19 ṯny qrfn( ḏy) flgy b-s¹bʿm ḏ-ʾgby ʾḏ-ʾlʾ[lt ... ...]
20 qrfm ḏ-ʿnfm ḏ-ḫmṯ l[..](b)t ʿq(b) [... ...]
21 ṯny qrfn ḏy flgy b-ṯmnym (ḏ)-(ʾg)[by ḏ-ʾlʾlt ... ...]
22 qrfm ḏ-ʿn(fm ḏ)-(f)[lg] [b-](ts¹)[ʿm ḏ-ʾgby ](ḏ)-ʾlʾlt w-f(l)[g ... ...]
| 16-22 | lines written on the verso. |
| 16 | Stein reads b-s¹dṯm corrected by the scribe over a miswritten passage. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Two plots of land which were ploughed on the first (day) of the second decade of the (month) ḏ-[ʾlʾlt ...] 2 One plot of land of ḫmrm which was ploughed on the second (day) of the second decade of [the (month) ḏ-ʾlʾlt ...] 3 Three plots of land which were ploughed on the third (day) [of the second decade of the (month) ḏ-ʾlʾlt ...] 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... 10 One plot of land of ʾḥt ʿynm which were ploughed on the ninth (day) of the se[cond decade of the (month) ḏ-ʾlʾlt ...] 11 Two plots of land which were ploughed on the tenth (day) of the last (?!) decade of [the (month) ḏ-ʾlʾlt ...] 12 Two plots of land which were ploughed on the first (day) of the last decade [of the (month) ḏ-ʾlʾlt ...] 13 Two plots of land which were ploughed on the second (day) of the last decade of the (month) ḏ-ʾl[ʾlt ...] 14 ... 15 ... 16 ... 17 ... 18 ... 19 ... 20 ... 21 Two plots of land which were ploughed on the eighth (day) of the last [decade of the (month) ḏ-ʾlʾlt ...] 22 One plot of land of ʿnfm which was plou[ghed on] the ni[nth (day) of the last decade] of the (month) ḏ-ʾlʾlt [...] |
| Stein 2005 b: 282 | Stein, Peter 2005. Once again, the division of the month in Ancient South Arabia. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 35: 279-286. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mon.script.sab. 220 |
| Support type | Stick |
| Material | Wood |
| Dimensions | h. 3.7, l. 17.3 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stein 2005 b: 279-286, fig.1 | Stein, Peter 2005. Once again, the division of the month in Ancient South Arabia. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 35: 279-286. |