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Ḍulaʿ 2 Ga 25(Av); Ga 60(Ja)
Garbini 1972: pl. II/1
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [R]bs²ms¹m [... ...ʿ]—
2 ṯt w-ʾkl(m) bny [Qb]—
3 ʿṯm hqny(w) (s²y)m-h[m]—
4 (w) Wdm ḏ-Yfʿ(n) ʾ[ʿm]—
5 [d](n) ḏ-Hwrn w-(qb)l[.]
6 [..]ṣb w-tḏhb ḏ(ʿ)[..]
7 [ʾ]ʿmdn w-ʾrb(ʿt)[ ʾ]—
8 (w)ʿln ḏ-bqm((b<l>qm)) ml[..]
9 [b]-Yfʿn ḥg-n k-y[...]
10 (W)dm ḏ-Yfʿn b-m(s¹)[ʾ]—
11 [l]-hw ʿbd-hw (Rbs²)[ms¹]—
12 m bn Qbʿṯm (l)-h[..]—
13 n hnt ʾʿmdn [...]
14 [...] ʿly hnt [... ...]
| 1-2 | b[n Qbʿ]ṯ[m ...ʿ]—ṯt (Garbini). |
| 8 | Emendation suggested in Beeston et al. 1982: 30; at the end of the line, Garbini restores ml[ʾn] |
| 9 | k-y[zʾn] (Garbini). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbs²ms¹m [... ...] 2 ʿṯt and ʾklm of the family 3 Qbʿṯm dedicated to their Patron 4 Wdm ḏ-Yfʿn the vinestocks 5 ḏ-Hwrn and the rented crop-land 6 [... ...] 7 the vinestocks and four 8 ibex in stone (?) [... ...] 9 in Yfʿn, as [... ...] 10 Wdm ḏ-Yfʿn in His oracle 11 (to?) his servant Rbs²ms¹m 12 of the family Qbʿṯm for [... ...] 13 these vinestocks [... ...] 14 [... ...] up to these [... ...] |
| 4-5, 7,13 | ʾʿmdn: cf. Beeston et al. 1982: 16. |
| 5 | qbl[.]: translation suggested by Beeston et al. 1982: 102. |
| 6 | thḏb (a verb or a noun) is probably to be related to ḎHB II "alluvial valley" rather than ḎHB I "gold, bronze". |
| Beeston et al. 1982 (=SD): 16,102 | Beeston, 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
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḍulaʿ |
| Ancient site | Ḍlʿm |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1972: 517-518, pl. II/1 | Garbini, Giovanni 1972. Iscrizioni sabee da Ḍulaʿ. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 32: 513-518, pl. I-II. |