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RES 4781 Gl 620
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text (conjectural) |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [w]-(ms³)w(r)-h l-s¹qy ʾln nḫlnhn w-(l) t<k>n(n) ʾln n[ḫ]—
2 [l]nhn fdfdtm m[w]k[b]tm nḫlm ḏ-yfd l-hw ḏ-b-h[w]
3 [y]s¹ʾl nḫlm zrr b-ʿly [ʾ]ḫ-hw w-(ḏ) yhrwy[n] f-ʾl
4 [ḏ]-s¹ʾl [ʾl]n nḫl[nhn w-..]ntm (w)-ms¹qytm (w)-ʾ—
5 tm w-ʿḍd ʾbyn ḏt byn ḥrtn w-b(yn) wṯn[n]
| 2, 3 | ḏyfd, zrr: M. Höfner (1938) considers them as proper names. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 and his irrigation channel in order to irrigate these two palmgroves and let to be these two 2 palmgroves fruitful and productive: a palmgrove that belongs esclusively to him- (the palmgrove) on which 3 he has full legal claim, and another palmgrove - one adjacent to the former, for which he provides the irrigation. So let nobody 4 claim for these two palmgroves [... ...] and the irrigation system and 5 the property and the deflector dam of ʾbyn that is between the irrigation canal and between the boundary. |
| 1 | ms³wr: "spouts" (A. Beeston 1951 a). |
| 1-4 | "und diese beiden Palmgärten mögen sich als ertragreich und ergiebig? erweisen, und zwar handelt es sich bei dem einen Palmgarten, der aussschließlich ihm gehört, um denjenigen, auf den er den vollen gesetzlichen Anspruch hat, bei dem anderen Palmgarten handelt es sich um einen an den vorhergenannten angrenzenden und (zugleich) um denjenigen (Palmgarten), den er bewässert. So sei es denn auch nicht der Fall, daß jemand auf diese beiden Palmgärten (irgendeinen) Anspruch erhebe" (N. Nebes 1995) |
| 2 | m[w]k[b]tm: "gepflegte" (M. Höfner 1938). |
| 2-3 | ḏ-b-h[w] [y]s¹ʾl: "with full legal title" (A. Beeston 1978 b). |
| 3 | [ʾ]ḫ-hw: "object which is a pair to s.t. else " (SD). nḫlm zrr b-ʿly [ʾ]ḫ-hw w-(ḏ) yhrwy(n): "and one adjacent to the former, for which he provides the irrigation supply" (A. Beeston 1978 b). |
| Höfner 1938: 22 | Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37. |
| Beeston 1951 a: 129-130 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1951. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography III. Le Muséon, 64: 127-132. |
| Beeston 1978 b: 204-205 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1978. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XI. Le Muséon, 91: 195-209. |
| Nebes 1995 a: 56-58, n. 167; 154 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1938: 22 | Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37. |