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MAFY-ḏī-aṣ-Ṣawlaʿ 1 A+B


Robin 1991: 173-174, figs 7-10

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  ʾḥmd Nhfn bn ʾwḥl w-Kbdn w-Ṣrrn brʾ w-hq—
   2  s²b w-hḥdṯ ʾhl-hmw w-kl ʾḥẓr w-grn w-ʾqryt w-fʿl |
   3  kwn b-fnw w-b-ʿly ḏn ʾhln ḏ-b-s¹r-hmw Gnn b-rdʾ w-tḥ—
   4  rg mrʾ-hmw ʿmdn Byn Yhqbḍ mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rdn ±
   5  w-b-rdʾ ʾb-hw Nmrm bn
   6  ʾwḥl w-K—
   7  bdn w-Ṣrrn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾḥmd Nhfn ibn ʾwḥl, Kbdn and Ṣrrn built, constructed
   2  and restored their covered cistern and the whole enclosed land, the threshing floor, the channels and the work
   3  which are in front and upon their valley Gnn; by the help and the command
   4  of their lord ʿmdn Byn Yhqbḍ, king of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān,
   5  and by the help of his father Nmrm ibn
   6  ʾwḥl, Kb-
   7  dn and Ṣrrn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern sitedhī-aṣ-Ṣawlaʿ al-ʿUlyà
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaẒafār
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
NotesRobin states that the inscription is reemployed but it is not clear whether this be happened in ancient or modern times.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1991: 171-173, figs 7-10Robin, Christian J. 1991. ʿAmdān Bayyin Yuhaqbid, roi de Sabaʾ et de dū-Raydān. Pages 167-205 in Études sud-arabes. Recueil offert à Jacques Ryckmans. (Publications de l'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, 39). Louvain-La-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste.