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Robin-Kāniṭ 4
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 23
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 w-mn-m bn kl ʾns¹ [... ...]—
2 n wrqm bn mbʿl Tʾ(lb) w-ʾ—
3 l yhrbḥn f-ʾw yfdyn ln y—
4 mlʾn zʾd-hw ṯny ḫrfyn w-l y—
5 ḫlʾn zʾd-hw
| 1 | kl ʾns¹m (Jamme); [ys¹trʾb] (Robin). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 If anyone, of whatever status, [takes a lease of] 2 a vegetable plot from the estate of T., and it 3 neither produces a profit nor is redeemed (sc. by T.) after 4 its rent-charge shall have been paid in full for two years, 5 its rent-charge shall lapse. |
| 1-4 | "wer auch immer Gold aus dem Vermögen des Talʾab [...], ... dessen Einsatz gehe verlustig" (Nebes). |
| Beeston 1981 c: 71-72 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XII. Le Muséon, 94: 55-73. |
| Nebes 1995 a: 220 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| French | |
1 Quiconque parmi les hommes libres [loue 2 une pâture dans le domaine de Tʾlb et n'en 3 tire pas profit, alors il pourra se dédire dès qu'il 4 aura occupé sa parcelle pendant deux ans. Qu'il 5 rende dans ce cas sa parcelle. |
| 4 | "... nous verrions en zʾd non pas le 'fermage' mais le sol qui produit ce 'fermage'" (Robin). |
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 47 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
| English | |
1 If anyone among all man [leases] 2 some vegetation from the property of Taʾlab and 3 does not make profit by nor can redeem himself after 4 solving in full his lease for two years, then he 5 may forsake his lease. |
| Jamme 1985: 291 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250301. [Privately printed] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 37, w. 47 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kāniṭ |
| Ancient site | ʾknṭ |
| Geographical area | Arhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1981 c: 71-72 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XII. Le Muséon, 94: 55-73. |
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 47-50, pl. 23 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
| Jamme 1985: 289-291 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250301. [Privately printed] |
| Nebes 1995 a: 220 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |