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Gl 1664
Maria Höfner
Schaffer 1975: pl. II/1
Schaffer 1975: pl. II/1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Boustrophedon |
| Measure of letters | 6.5 |
| Textual typology | Legal text |
GENERAL NOTES
| A line of the inscription in RES 3652. |
TEXT
1 Hyṯʿʾl rs²w ʾlmqh bn Ḥywm ʿs¹y [... ...]
2 w-ṯty ydy nḫ(l)n Ḥymtr kl ṯʿd S¹m—
3 hkrb bn ʿms²fq w-kl ṯʿd Hlkʾmr (b)[n ... ...]
| 1 | Ḥywm could be a lineage name. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hyṯʿʾl, priest of ʾlmqh, son of Ḥywm, acquired [... ...] 2 [... ...] and two parts of the palmgrove Ḥymtr: all the territory of S¹mhkrb, 3 son of ʿms²fq, and all the territory of Hlkʾmr, son of [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī ʿAbīda) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī ʿAbīda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schaffer 1975: 15, pl. II/1 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1975. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. (II. Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 10. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 299/3). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Stein 2003 a: 126, n. 230; 113, fn. 509; 125, fn. 600; 126, fn. 605; | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |