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MṢM 3611
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Inscription belonging to the end of the early Sabaic, as testified by the script style and the absence of the -n ending in the infinitives hwṯr and hqḥ. |
TEXT
1 ʾls²r(ḥ) w-(Ẓ)wrm ḏy S¹ḥr ʿs¹ʾy w-hwṯr w-hqḥ m(ʾḫ)—
2 ḏ-hmy Byḥn l-ms¹qt ʾnḫl-hmy S²nqm w-Lbnm (w)-(ḏt)
3 ʿḍdm w-Brdt w-ḏ-Krryn ʾnḫl ḏ-S¹ḥr b-ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls²rḥ and Ẓwrm of the clan S¹ḥr dug out, laid the foundations and completed their (du.) basin 2 Byḥn, for the irrigation of their (du.) palmgroves S²nqm, Lbnm, ḏt 3 ʿḍdm, Brdt and ḏ-Krryn, the palmgroves of ḏ-S¹ḥr, by ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 3611 |
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 27, w. 70, th. 24 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Basin Byḥn |
| Notes | Origin assumed on the basis of the mention of the clan ḏ-Sḥr, a Sabaean family whose inscriptions come exclusively from Mārib (cf. Robin 2013: 199). |
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