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MṢM 3640
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 [K](rbʾ)mr w-ʿm(ʾmr)( qwm bn )ʿly rwtm w-(hm)-[ṣ](d)q mʾḫḏn w-l (yb)n(y)-(hw )(Krbʾmr)( w)-(ʿmʾmr)
2 w-wld-hmy w-ḏ ʿḏr-hmy fqḥ w-fqḥ w-hm yḫy ʿmʾmr w-wld-hw w-ḏ ʿḏr-hw bny fqḥ mʾḫ—
3 ḏn ʿm Krbʾmr w-wld-hw w-ḏ ʿḏr-hw w-l ytʾbyw Krbʾmr w-wld-hw w-ḏ ʿḏr-hw b-mʾt wr—
4 qm w-s²lṯ ʾmm yfdn ʿmʾmr mʾḫḏn bn ʿyr mʿln w-fqḥ mʾḫḏn b-ʾrḍ Krbʾmr w-fqḥ-hw
5 b-ʾrḍ ʿmʾmr w-b-f Krbʾmr mʾḫḏn w-ʾl yḥmy w-hwkn ʿmʾmr w-wld-hw w-ḏ ʿḏr-hw Krbʾ—
6 mr w-wld-hw w-ḏ ʿḏr-hw b-ḥ(g) [ḏ](n) wqrn s²ʾmtm kẓrm frfrm tṯqm w-b-ydn s²ʾmtm w-ʿw [.]-
7 [..] s¹mʿm (Ṣdqʾmr) [bn ](Ḏʾbm) w-Bʿ(ṯt)[r ḏ-](Yhr) w-ʿ[.]ks¹mʿ [... ...]
| Word separators are at the beginning of each line, on the left side of the stone. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Krbʾmr and ʿmʾmr established in respect to this (?) decision, and if (=as) they have rightly acquired this basin, then let Krbʾmr and ʿmʾmr, 2 their sons and their descendants build each one the half (of the basin), and if ʿmʾmr, his sons and his descendants start (?) the construction of the half of the basin, 3 with Krbʾmr, his sons and his descendants, then let Krbʾmr, his sons and his descendants establish (the price of) hundred gold coins (?) 4 and three cubits, by which ʿmʾmr will pay the basin, regarding the limit of (its) upper part (or: "as limit of the highest (price)), and (let) half of the basin be in the land of Krbʾmr, and half of it 5 in the land of ʿmʾmr, and Krbʾmr (?) the basin; and let not ʿmʾmr, his sons and his descendants construct any canal but let they grant Krbʾ- 6 mr, his sons and his descendants, according to this written decree (lit.: "this inscribed stone"), a kẓrm (?) purchase, with a guaranteed frfrm (?), and with a co-ownership of the purchase and of the (?) 7 .. Witnesses thereof are Ṣdqʾmr son of Ḏʾbm, Bʿṯtr of Yhr and ʿ[.]ks¹mʿ [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 3640 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 31, w. 150, th. 28 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Basin |
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