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YMN 20


ʿAbdallāh 2004: 3, pl. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyLegal text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  [Krb]ʾl Byn bn Yṯʿʾmr h[g]z l-Gʾzn w-l-Ḫlb
   2  w-l-Ns²n w-l-Mwr ʾl yḥrn b-bḍʿ Ṣyḥn bḍʿ (b)ḍʿ
   3  l-hmw Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ w-mḥr hḥr-hmw ḥg s¹ṭr ms³ndn
   4  ḏ-s²ym b-byt ʾlmqh b-(Ṣ)yḥn wrḫm ḏ-S¹ḥr ḏ-rs²wt
   5  ʾbkrb bn Wddʾl bn ʾlqwm w-mṯl ḏn wqrn b-
   6  Ḥḍr

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Krbʾl Byn son of Yṯʿʾmr decreed for Gʾzn and Ḫlb
   2  and Ns²n and Mwr that it should not be issued in the territory of Ṣyḥn the tribute that
   3  Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ levied on them, and (should not be valid) the decree he issued for them, as he wrote in the inscription
   4  which he placed in the temple of ʾlmqh in Ṣyḥn in the month of ḏ-S¹ḥr, during the priesthood of
   5  ʾbkrb son of Wddʾl son of ʾlqwm; and a copy of this document (is) in
   6  Ḥḍr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteWāqir
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaCentral Tihāma
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh
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CULTURAL NOTES

In this inscription, placed in the temple of ʾlmqh, the Sabaean king Krbʾl Byn son of Yṯʿʾmr cancels the tributs previously levied by Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ on some areas of the Tihāma. It is interesting that the text records that a copy of the decree is kept in a different site.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ʿAbdallāh 2004: 2-6 (photo and facsimile)ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 2004. Naqš al-Wāqir, naqš ǧadīd min al-ʿaṣr al-sabaʾī al-qadīm. al-Musnad, 2: 2-6.