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DJE 12 Graf 1


al-Aġbarī 2010 a: 81, fig. 4

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  Mhbyḥ ʾtkn bn Mnḫm w-ʾkhl w-Bhl w-Ḥllm ḏ-Ms³wlm
   2  brʾw w-hwṯr w-ʿḏb w-↯hs²qrn ṣlt byt-hmw ʾḥdṯn bn m—
   3  wṯrm ʿdy tfrʿm s¹ṯ↯t ʾs¹qfm b-s¹ṯt bḥwrm w-s¹yb-h—
   4  w ṯny bḥrn w-kl gnwz-hw w-mrym-hw w-ṣlt ḏ-Khnl

Apparatus
4Khnl: lineage name in Ibrahim al-Hudayd 1.

TRANSLATIONS

German

   1  Muhabayyiḥ Atkan, Sohn des Manāḫum, und Akhal und Bahīl und Ḥalīlum, von (der Sippe) Mus³awwilum,
   2  haben gebaut und gegründet und hergerichtet und vollendet den Steinbau ihres Hauses Aḥdaṯān vom G—
   3  rund bis zur Höhe, (nämlich) sechs Decken mit sechs Böden (d. h. also sechs Stockwerke), und seine Verschanzungen,
   4  (bestehend aus) zwei Böden, und alle seine Vorratsräume und seine Terrasse und den Steinbau Ḏū-Kahnal.
Müller, Walter W. 1972 d: 88Müller, Walter W. 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Museum in Taʿizz. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 1: 87-101, pls VI-XIII.

English

   1  Mhbyḥ ʾtkn, son of Mnḫm, and ʾḫyl and Bhl and Ḥllm of Ms³wlm,
   2  built and founded and repaired and completed the plastering of their house ʾḥdṯn from
   3  foundations to top, six roofs in six storeys, and its parapet
   4  of two storeys, and all its storerooms and its top, and the plastering of ḏ-Khnl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 371
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 21.5, w. 118, th. 15.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
NotesProbably from the region of Taʿizz (cf. Robin 2013 a: 186).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, Walter W. 1972 d: 87-95, pl. XI/34Müller, Walter W. 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Museum in Taʿizz. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 1: 87-101, pls VI-XIII.
Lundin 1972 b: 11-13, fig. 2Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1972. Sabeyskie nadpisi muzeya v Taʿizze. Epigrafika Vostoka, 21: 10-18.
al-Aġbarī 2010 a: 81 (photo)al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2010. Qaṣr al-Mašāwil - namūḏağ li-l-qaṣr fī al-Yaman al-qadīm. Pages 64-81 in Taʿizz ʿAṣimat al-ṯaqāfa ʿalā marr al-ʿuṣūr. Taiz.