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MAFRAY-al-Mabniyya 2


Robin 1993 b: 178, fig 3
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Robin 1993 b: 178, fig 3
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Robin 1993 b: 178, fig. 4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]n S¹mhkrb bn Bʿṯtr w-Tbʿkrb bn ↯Yṯʿkrb bny ʾ(t)wm ḥfr(y)
   2  w-ḍfr w-hḥdṯ bʾr-hmy Tġl l-ʾnḫl-hmy ḏt M↯hrm w-M[s¹](b)ʾ Wyn((M[s¹](b)ʾ w-Yn)) w-ʾṯʾ—
   3  bn w-ʾṯʾbn w-Wrq w-ḏ Ḫrẓn ḏ-ys¹myn ḏt Mhrm w-ḏ↯ Mḥbrm w-ḏt Mhrm w-Fq—
   4  ḥ Ws³f((Fqḥ w-S³f)) w-Mnqhw ʿly b-Ḍfwn b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh w-b (ḏt)↯ Ḥ(mym) w-(b )(ḏt Bʿdnm)( w)-(b) [ḏt]
   5  Ns²qm w-b Ykrbmlk Wtr↯ mlk S¹bʾ

Apparatus
2Robin notes that part of the line was incised twice, probably to correct an engraver's mistake.
5There is a vacat between Wtr and mlk S¹bʾ because of the lack of space.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]n S¹mhkrb son of Bʿṯtr and Tbʿkrb son of Yṯʿkrb, of the family ʾtwm, dug
   2  and cased with stone and founded their well Tġl for their palmgroves ḏt Mhrm and M[s¹]bʾ Wyn (or: M[s¹]bʾ and Yn) and ʾṯʾbn
   3  and ʾṯʾbn and Wrq and ḏ Ḫrẓn, that is (or: that are) now called ḏt Mhrm, and ḏ Mḥbrm and ḏt Mhrm and Fqḥ
   4  Ws³f (or: Fqḥ and S³f) and Mnqhw on Ḍfwn, byʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by ḏt
   5  Ns²qm and by Ykrbmlk Wtr king of Sabaʾ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsleft fragment: w. 33.5, h. 33.5; right fragment: w. 59, h. 22
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Mabniyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Well Tġl
NotesThe stone was found on the surface of the site during a survey.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1993 b: 177-181, fig. 3-4Robin, Christian J. 1993. Trois inscriptions sudarabiques trouvées aux environs d'al-Bayḍāʾ du Jawf (Yémen). Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 16: 173-181.