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MQ-Ḥayd Mūsà 1 RES 4196


Robin and Dridi 2004: 83, fig. 22

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Start date - BCE/CE273 CE
End date - BCE/CE293 CE
Date accuracyApproximate
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

This inscription is known for almost a century thanks to a copy (SE 105) of the Austrian expedition.

TEXT

marker


   1  Frʿn Yzl bn Ḏrnḥ w-Hṣbḥ w-Yʿgf qyl s²ʿbnyhn Qs²mm w-Mḍḥym
   2  brʾw w-hwṯr w-hs²qr mʾgly-hmw S¹wrm w-Yrʿẓ b-ʿly wyn-hmw ḏ-Qyln
   3  w-ḏy Ḏhbm b-mqm mrʾy-hmw Ys¹rm Yhnʿm w-bn-hw S²mr Yhrʿs² mlky S¹—
   4  bʾ w-[ḏ]-Rydn b-wrḫn Mḏrʾn ḏ-l-s¹ṯt-ʿs²r w-ṯlṯ mʾtm ḫryf N—
   5  bṭm ḏ-Ḫrf

Apparatus
4Robin, wrongly: ḏ-Mḏrʾn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Frʿn Yzl, ibn Ḏrnḥ, Hṣbḥ, Yʿgf, qyl of the two tribes of Qs²mm and Mḍḥym,
   2  they built, laid the foundations, completed their two dams S¹wrm and Yrʿẓ above their vineyards, that of Qyln
   3  and the two of Ḏhbm. With the power of their two lords Ys¹rm Yhnʿm and his son S²mr Yhrʿs², the two kings of Sabaʾ
   4  and ḏu-Raydān. In the month Mḏrʾn, in the year three hundred sixteen of the years of N-
   5  bṭm ḏ-Ḫrf.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 34, w. 127
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteUnknown (wādī dhū ʾl-Qayl)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī dhū ʾl-Qayl
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1998 a: 144-145, fig. 8Robin, Christian J. 1998. Décompte du temps et souveraineté politique en Arabie méridionale. Pages 121-151 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Hélène Lozachmeur (eds). Proche-Orient ancien. Temps vécu, temps pensé. Actes de la table ronde du 15 novembre 1997 organisée par l'URA 1062 "Etudes Sémitiques". (Antiquités sémitiques, 3). Paris: Jean Maisonneuve.
Robin and Dridi 2004: 81-84, fig. 22Robin, Christian J. and Dridi, Hédi 2004. Deux barrages du Yémen antique. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 67-121.
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 37Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.