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MAFRAY-al-Maktūba 1


Robin 1991: 173-174, fig. 11-12

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters13 (l.1)
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  Wtrm Yrtʿ w-Lḥyʿt Bryn bnw Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln qylw
   2  Rdmn w-Ḫwln brʾw w-nqb w-ʿs²q kl ḥrt w-nqbt w-
   3  ʿs²qt yʿlwn ʾmwh (ṣ)yḥn ḏ-Lfgn l-s¹r-hmw S¹r—
   4  ʿm b-rdʾ ʿtr (S²)[r](q)n[ w-]ʿ[m ḏ-Mbrqm w-ʿ]m ḏ-Dwnm w-ʾ—
   5  m ʾltm w-ḏt Bʿd(n) w-ḏt Ẓhrn w-S²ms¹-hmw ʿlyt w-b
   6  rdʾ mr[ʾ]-hmw ʿmdn Byn Yhqbḍ mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Wtrm Yrtʿ and Lḥyʿt Bryn, banū Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, qylw
   2  of Rdmn and Ḫwln built, excavated and dug the whole dam, the channels and
   3  the digging which bring up the waters of the torrent ḏ-Lfgn for their valley S¹r-
   4  ʿm; by the help of ʿtr S²rqn, ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm, ʿm ḏ-Dwnm, ʾm
   5  ʾlm, ḏt Bʿdn, ḏt Ẓhrn and their solar deity ʿlyt, and by the
   6  help of their lord ʿmdn Byn Yhqbḍ, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān.
Beeston et al.(146) attests the use of the verb ṣyḥ, translated with "lay out plantations". On the verb yʿlwn see the note in MAFRAY-ḏī-Ḥadīd 2.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsh. 82, w. 176
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown (al-Miʿsāl)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Miʿsāl
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1991: 173-174, figs 11-12Robin, 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.