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Gl 1628 RES 3563
Maria Höfner
Höfner 1981: pl. IV/1
Höfner 1981: pl. IV/1
Maria Höfner
Höfner 1981: pl. IV/1
Höfner 1981: pl. IV/1
Maria Höfner
Höfner 1981: pl. IV/2
Höfner 1981: pl. IV/2
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 | 2.8 (max); 2.6 (min) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| Some lines of the text in RES 3563. |
TEXT
1 (ḥg)-(n k)-wq(h) [... ... Ns²]ʾkr[b Yʾmn] Yhrḥb mlk (S¹bʾ) w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl
2 Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn (ʾ)[dm-hw] Mrṯdm w-ʾs¹[l]m (w)-(bny)-hmw (S²)[r]ḥm bny ḏ-Mʾḏnm w-[s²]ʿb-h[mw Mʾḏnm]
3 [m](s³)wd-hmw w-mrʾs¹-hmw (bh)[ṯ]-hmw w-qṭn-hmw kl ts³ʿn w-(rt)tʿn w-tqfn bn ḥml [w-]n(ʿ)m ʿdy s¹rn Ḥr—
4 d kl ʾblm w-bqrm w-bʿrm w-bn (ḥ)ṣm (w)-[ʿ]s²ṭ w-nḍw w-ḫlb bn hwt s¹rn Ḥrd bn ḥrmtn ḏ[... ...]
5 ʿdy tbql Fhdm ḏ-b-ḫlfn [... ...]ymn s¹rn Ḥrd ḥg-n k-ʾ[... ...] w-ʿrmnhn b-Ḥl[.]hn w-[.]nql[... ...]
6 (y)[h]ʾs¹yn kḥ[..]m [...]fr(m) [... ...]m[... ...] fʾw bqrm f-l-ʾblm l-yḏbḥn[n] Wdm (ḫ)ms¹ (q)[nym ... ...]
7 ṯwrm ydw(m) fl[... ...]qnyn w-ḏ-y(h)ʾsyn f-ḥṣm [... ...]
| 3 | the reading nʿm is suggested by Beeston 1982 c: 98. Höfner: n(w)m. |
| 4 | Höfner integrates [k]s²ṭ, the integration [ʿ]s²ṭ is suggested by Beeston 1982 c: 98. |
| 5 | Höfner considers ḫlfn a toponym. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Thus as ordered [... ...] Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl 2 Byn, the two king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, to his vassals Mrṯdm and ʾs¹lm and to their son S²rḥm, of the family Mʾḏnm, and to their tribe Mʾḏnm, 3 to their landlords and chiefs, the great and the small, all instruction, directive and determination against whom could make comfortable (by grazing) in the valley Ḥrd 4 all camels, bovines and cattle; and against whom could trample down, cut down, destroy, demage (crops) in this valley Ḥrd, from the sanctuary of [... ...] 5 until the plantation Fhdm which is in the area [... ...] the valley Ḥrd, thus as [... ...] and the two dams in Ḥl[.]hn and [... ...] 6 [... ...] or the bovines, and for a camel may (they) sacrifice to Wdm five [... ...] 7 a bull [... ...]. |
| 3 | ḥml w-nwm: "achtlos treibt" (Höfner 1981). |
| Höfner 1981: 26 | Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ṣnʿw |
| Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | M. Höfner 1981 suggests that the inscription could come from Daḥḍa in Najrān, but most probably it comes from the area of Ṣanʿā. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1981: 18-26, pl. IV/1-2 | Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |