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MAFRAY-ḏī-Ḥadīd 2
Robin 1991: 180, fig. 19
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Wtrm Yrtʿ bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln bn Mʿdkrb Yh—
2 mgd w-Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr qyly Rdmn w-Ḫwln bqr w-
3 hqs²b w-hqḥ kl nqb w-ḥrt w-mbrʾt w-ṣyr w-nk—
4 ylt yʿlwn ʾmwh w-ḏhb ḏ-ʿmdnyw l-ms¹qy s¹r-h—
5 w Yfdʾb b-ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm w-ʿm ḏ-D—
6 wnm bʿl ʿqbt Wʿln w-ʿtr ḏ-Nwfn w-ḏt-Bʿ—
7 dn w-S²ms¹-hw ʿlyt w-b-tḥrg mrʾ-hw Krbʾl mlk
8 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-b-rdʾ ʾḫy-hw Whbʾl ʿmdn w-
9 Hwfʿm Yzl qyly Rdmn w-Ḫwln w-Lḥyʿt B—
10 ryn w-b-ʾḫyl w-mqymt s²ʿb-hw Rdmn Yhrgb
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wtrm Yrtʿ ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, son of Mʿdkrb Yh- 2 mgd and Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr, qylw of Rdmn and ḏ-Ḫwln dug up, 3 built and completed the whole channel, dam (?), construction, surrounding walls (?) and 4 the equipment (or: water-channels) which bring up the waters and the flow of ḏ-ʿmdnyw for the irrigation of his valley 5 Yfdʾb; by ʿṯtr S²rqn, ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm, ʿm ḏ-D- 6 wnm Master of the hill of Wʿln, ʿtr ḏ-Nwfn, ḏt Bʿ- 7 dn and his solar deity ʿlyt, by the command of his lord Krbʾl, king 8 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and by the help of his two brothers Whbʾl ʿmdn and 9 Hwfʿm Yzl qylw of Rdmn and ḏ-Ḫwln, and Lḥyʿt B- 10 ryn, and by the power and the resources of Rdmn Yhrgb. |
| Robin identifies ḥrt as "barrage" in this text, distinguishing it from the other meaning of "irrigation canal", also attested in the inscriptions from Radmān (sing. and plu., cf. Stein 2003 a: 74, fn. 227). | |
| The verb yʿlwn is interpreted as a masc. sing. which follows the first noun nqb. However, Stein says that one might also see in it a QAT form - so far unattested - of fem. plural (2003 a: 179, fn. 137). |
| Robin 1991 | Robin, 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. |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Dimensions | h. 145, w. 100 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Qāniya |
| Ancient site | Qnʾtm |
| Geographical area | Radmān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1991: 179-180, fig. 19 | Robin, 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. |