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Gl 1572 RES 3649 bis
Maria Höfner
Höfner 1973: pl. XII/1-2
Höfner 1973: pl. XII/1-2
Maria Höfner
Höfner 1973: pl. XII/1-2
Höfner 1973: pl. XII/1-2
Adolf Grohmann
Grohmann 1914: 11, fig. 14/c
Grohmann 1914: 11, fig. 14/c
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Measure of letters | 3.5 (max); 3 (min) |
| Textual typology | Legal text |
GENERAL NOTES
| A line of the text in RES 3649 bis. |
TEXT
1 w-hmẓʾ w-ṣdq ʾls²rḥ [w-b]—
2 [n]-hw bnw Yḥmn ʾṣrḥn l-ʾl[m]—
3 qh bʿl ʾwʿln kl mlʾ w-rbḥ s¹(m)—
4 [ʿ]m ḏ-ʿmdm s¹mʿ s¹ʾl ʾlmqhw bny Y—
5 ḥmn s¹mʿ b-hw tʿlm Ḥywn bn Yḥmn
6 Ṣrwḥyn s¹mʿ ybln k-ʿbd bn Ẓbyn
7 ʾlmqh w-ḏnm wtfn mṣdqm l-[bny Y]—
8 (ḥ)mn bn hwt s¹mʿn ʾhnn ʿkr [w-l yyf]—
9 ʿn w-kwn ḏn wtfn w-mṣdqn b-[ḏ Ns¹wr]
10 qdmn gyl ḫrf Yqhmlk bn ʾ[b]—
11 ʿm Kbr Ḫll
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 They properly put into effect, ʾls²rḥ and his son, 2 of the family Yḥmn, they of Ṣrwḥ, for ʾlmqh, 3 Lord of ibexes, all the income and the profit (on the basis) of a valid document (document of validity), 4 a document that ʾlmqhw asked to the family 5 Yḥmn, document that Ḥywn, of the family Yḥmn, 6 he of Ṣirwaḥ, authenticated, document that prescribes taxes forever from Ẓbyn 7 to ʾlmqh. And this concessionary document is a documentary proof for the family 8 Yḥmn, on the basis of this document. Whoever would contest (it), let him be known. 9 This concessionary document and proof took place in the month of Ns¹wr, 10 the first period of the year of Yqhmlk, son of ʾbʿm, 11 (of the) Kbr Ḫll. |
| 4 | smʿm ḏ-ʿmdm: "Stiftungsurkunde" (Höfner 1973); "einer Urkunde von Rechtsverbindlichkeit" (W. W. Müller 1983). |
| 7 | mṣdqm: "rechtsverbindlicher Vertrag" (Höfner 1973); "Rechtsvertrag" (W. W. Müller 1983). |
| Höfner 1973: 38-39 | Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1983: 274-275 | Müller, Walter W. 1983. Altsüdarabische Dokumente. Pages 268-282 in Diethelm Conrad (ed.). Dokumente zum Rechts- und Wirtschaftsleben. Otto Kaiser (ed.), Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. 1.3. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus Gerd Mohn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1973: 35-39, pl. XII/1-2 | Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |