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MṢM 146
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| In the text, originating from the area of al-Miʿsāl, it is evident a strong Qatabanian influence concerning palaeography and textual formulary. |
TEXT
1 ʾṣnʿ w-Lḥyʿm Mʿhr w-Ḏ[....](n) ʿbd b—
2 qrw w-hnbṭ w-brʾ w-hs²qr bʾr-hmy ʾm—
3 hrt l-wyn-hmy ḏ-Hgrn((ḏ-hgrn)) b-s¹rn Rhbn b-rdʾ
4 ʾs²ms¹-hmw w-mnḍḥt-hmy w-b-rdʾ w-tḥrg mr—
5 ʾ-hmy ʿmydʿ Yhḥmd w-ʾḫy-hw ʾbʿl Hrn
| In the text Mʿhr could be referred to both ʾṣnʿ and Lḥyʿm, grammatically meant as a sole entity (this would explain the use of the pronouns at dual). | |
| 2-3 | See YMN 15 (Marginal Qatabanic) for a well named ʾmhrth. |
| 5 | Cf. MAFRAY-Maḫliq 1A=YMN5 for ʾbʿl Hrn referred to the banū Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾṣnʿ, Lḥyʿm Mʿhr and Ḏ[....]n ʿbd dug 2 out, excavated, constructed and completed their well ʾm- 3 hrt for their vineyard ḏ-Hgrn (or: of the city) in the valley of Rhbn, by the help 4 of their ʾs²ms¹ and of their bayt tutelary deities, and by the help and the command of their 5 lord ʿmydʿ Yhḥmd and his brother(s), citizens of Hrn. |
| The pronouns are at dual (see on that the epigraphic remarks). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 146 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 39, w. 57 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Well ʾmhrt |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʿmydʿ Yhḥmd is the father of Whbʾl Yḥz, the great qayl of Radmān (MAFRAY as-Sāriʿ 6, 146 AD).