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RES 4231 Gl 1215; Gr 167
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is probably, but not completely surely, of the middle period (see CIH 37 and RES 4176 for the mention of the tribe Yhybb). |
TEXT
1 Rʾs¹hmw Ġyln bn ʾb[.]—
2 fʿ qyl Yhybb ʿs¹y w-b—
3 ny ḫdr-hw Ḫrf gwlm b-Tʾl—
4 b w-kwn ḫdrn l-Bkrm w-kl (b)-
5 ʾḫbb w-mdr ḫdrn gwlm
| 1-2 | ʾb[r]fʿ (RES), but it is rather ʾb[h]fʿ. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rʾs¹hmw Ġyln, son of ʾb[.]fʿ, 2 qyl of Yhybb, gained legal possession of and 3 built his grave Ḫrf with full ownership rights, by 4 Tʾlb. And so the grave is for the (family) Bkrm, together with all that is in 5 the niche and in the territory of the tomb, with full ownership rights. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |