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Istanbul 7632 RES 3903


Beeston 1952: pl. III/B

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

RES 3903 is only an extract of Istanbul 7632.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḏmrʿly Byn mlk S¹bʾ bn S¹m—
   2  hʿly Ynf ʿs¹ʾ w-hqḥ ḥrtn (w)-m—
   3  (l)kdn l-ms¹qt nḫl-hw ḏ-Qlḥn

Apparatus
2-3mlkdn: only the top stroke of the L is visible, but the reading is certain.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏmrʿly Byn king of Sabaʾ son of
   2  S¹mhʿly Ynf built and completed the canal and the
   3  cistern for the irrigation of his palmgrove ḏ-Qlḥn.
2-3For the meaning of mlkdn, Beeston suggests to compare Heb. lkd "to capture".
3Qlḥn litterally means "raised water channel" (cf. Beeston et al. 1982: 104), but in this inscription it seems to be the proper name of the land (cf. Beeston 1952).
Beeston 1952Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1952. Four Sabaean texts in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Le Muséon, 65: 271-283.
Beeston et al. 1982 (=SD): 104Beeston, Alfred F.L., al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA., Müller, Walter W. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic). Dictionnaire Sabéen (anglais-français-arabe). Louvain-la-Neuve: Éditions Peeters / Beirut: Libraire du Liban.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositIstanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7632
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22, w. 75
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Unknown
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beeston 1952: 282-283, pl. III/BBeeston, Alfred F.L. 1952. Four Sabaean texts in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Le Muséon, 65: 271-283.