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Ghul-Mārib 2
By kind permission of GOAM
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 | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| At the time of Bron's publication the stone was reemployed in a wall. Few textual clues indicate that we likely deal with a fragmentary legal text. Thanks to A. Multhoff for the bibliographical information. |
TEXT
1 [w-ʾl] b-ʿly M(s²k)mm w-ʾḫ(y)-(hmw w)-[... ...]
2 (bn) ẓhrn ḏ-b-hw tʿlm Ms²kmm[ ... ...]—
3 bʾn ʾw ḏ-bn-hmw ẓhr kwn mlʾ[... ...]
4 (b)-(h)w ẓhr qdm wrḫ-hw w-rs²w-hw wrḫ w[... ... ... ...]—
5 (y)-hw w-b(ny)-hmw l-bny Wdm (kl blṭ) mlʾ w-(ʾ)[... ...]
| Bron reasonably supposes that the text is incomplete at the beginning. | |
| 1 | The text between brackets at the beginning is now lost. |
| 4 | Bron integrates ʿ[ṯtr but the last letter is a w |
| 5 | Bron integrates w-[rbḥ, but the aleph is clearly visible on the stone. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ce qui est à charge de Ms²kmm et de leurs frères et de ... 2 d'après l'acte qu'à authentifié Ms²kmm ... 3 ... ou quelques-uns d'entre eux, acte dont le montant était ... 4 ... acte précédent (?) dont le mois et l'éponyme étaient le mois de ʿA[ṯtar (?) ... 5 ... qu'il leur a prescrit (?) pour le banu Wdm, toute la somme, capital et [intérêts (?). |
| The translation "le mois de ʿA[ṯtar" is based on an incorrect reading. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 3649 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 22, w. 55, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1992: 71-72, photo | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |