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al-Ṣilwī 4


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

The editor could not see the original epigraph, but only a trascription made by one of his students.
The typology of the inscrption is a legal/dedicatory text.

TEXT

marker


   1  Nmrn Yhḥmd w-Ns²ʾkrb Ys²ʿr bny S¹ʿdn ʾwkn
   2  bnw Ddn qnyw w-ʾtm w-s¹tqḍn w-s²ʾm kl ġlt-hmw
   3  ḏ-S¹wt b-mqm ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm w-Tʾlb
   4  Rymm bʿl Trʿt w-Ḫḍʿtn w-Mrbḍn w-b-mqymt
   5  ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Hmdn w-ws²ʿn s²ʿb-hmw ḏ-hgrn ʾ—
   6  knṭ w-rṯdw ġlt-hmw ḏ-S¹wt bn nkym w-mhbʾ—
   7  s¹m ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn w-Tʾlb Rymm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nmrn Yhḥmd and Ns²ʾkrb Ys²ʿr sons of S¹ʿdn ʾwkn
   2  of the banū Ddn acquired and obtained the property rights and transacted and purchased all their crops
   3  of ḏ-S¹wt, by the power of ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm and Tʾlb
   4  Rymm Lord of Trʿt and Ḫḍʿtn and Mrbḍn, and by the power of
   5  their lords the banū Hamdān and the favour of their tribe of the city of
   6  ʾknṭ, and they committed their crops of ḏ-S¹wt from the one who will damage and harm (them)
   7  to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm and Tʾlb Rymm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteSūat
Ancient siteḏ-S¹wt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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CULTURAL NOTES

It is interesting that in the text both gods of the plateau and Almaqah, the Lord of Awām in Marib, are quoted.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ṣilwī 2009: 17-50al-Ṣilwī, Ibrāhim 2009. Naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd min nuqūš išhār milkiyya ʾarḍ zirāʿiyya min Qariyat Suwāt bi-mudīriyyat Ḫarif. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-iǧtimāʿiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Maǧallat Kulliyyat al-Ādāb, 32: 17-50.