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MṢM 3648
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Despite the boustrophedic cursus, the dual form of the relative pronoun makes label the text as belonging the the early period of the middle Sabaic. |
TEXT
1 || w-ʾl ʾs¹ s¹ʾl nḫln ḏ-Zlm
2 nḫl Nbṭʾl w-ʾlʿz ḏy M—
3 ṣwrm b-klʾty ḥrt-hw w-fnwt-hw
4 ḏty fnwt Ẓlm w-Qtbn klm nḫln |
5 ḏ-Zlm klʾty ḥrt-hw-w-fnwt-hw
| 4 | see CIH 570, 5: Qtbn w-Ẓlm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Let nobody lay claim to the palmgrove ḏ-Zlm, 2 the palmgrove of Nbṭʾl and ʾlʿz of the clan M‒ 3 ṣwrm in the two pasturelands watered by (lit. "of") its irrigation canal and its secondary canal, 4 which (du.) are in front of Ẓlm and Qtbn; altogether (let nobody lay claim to) the palmgrove 5 ḏ-Zlm (and) the two pasturelands watered by (lit. "of") its irrigation canal and its secondary canal. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 3648 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 23.5, w. 41, th. 35 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |