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RES 4626 RES 3686 A; Gl 929+Gl 1354+Gl 930
Fragment of the right side.
Maria Höfner
Höfner 1973: pl. VI/1
Maria Höfner
Höfner 1973: pl. VI/1
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 | 12 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿṯt w-Ns²ʾkrb ḏy Ḥbb ʿs¹ʾy mʾḫḏ-hmy Ys¹rn bn mwṯrm ʿdy s²qrm mḥmt w-ms¹qt ʾnḫl-hmw w-[ʾrḍt-hmw ʾly b-]
2 ḍrʿn w-mnḫy ʾs¹rr ydynn ʾʿrnn Tʾlbm w-Hyln w-Mrṯd w-Drʿ w-ʾl-ʾs¹ s¹ʾl-hmw mḥmtm w-ṣʿtm w-mflqm b-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿṯt and Ns²ʾkrb, the two of the clan Ḥbb, dug out their basin Ys¹rn from foundation to top (for) the canalization system and the irrigation of their palmgroves and their lands, those 2 in the West (?), towards the valleys belonging to the citadels Tʾlbm, Hyln, Mrṯd and Drʿ. And let nobody claim from them the irrigation system, the irrigated land and the water distribution. By ʾlmqh. |
| 1 | mḥmt w-ms¹qt: "zur Bewässerung mittels Dammkanälen" (Höfner 1973). |
| 2 | w-mnḫy ʾs¹rr: "und zwar am Hauptkanal der Täler" (Höfner 1973). |
| 2 | ydynn ʾʿrnn: "welche fließen bei den Bergen (oder: Burgen)" (Höfner 1973); "cultivated lands appertaining to the hill-towns" (Beeston 1978 b). According to Höfner the verb derives from the root wdy, while Beeston prefers the root dyn. |
| 2 | mḥmtm w-ṣʿtm w-mflqm : "auf Leitung (des Wassers) mittels Dammkanälen und Ableitung und Verteilung (des Wassers)" (Höfner 1973). |
| Höfner 1973: 14 | 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. |
| Beeston 1978 b: 206 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1978. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XI. Le Muséon, 91: 195-209. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Basin Ys¹rn |
| Notes | The inscription is composed of three fragments: Gl 929 coming from Hajar Nešāma, between Maḫdara and Ṣirwāḥ, Gl 930 from Hajar el-Bāṭin, north of Ṣirwāḥ and Gl 1354 from Binā al-Bāṭin. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1973: 10-14, pl. VI/1 | 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. |