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RES 4788 Gl 686
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 | Legal text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 w-kwnt ms¹rtn l-Yʿd [... ...]
2 [... ...] byt Ṣbʾmm w-ʿmʾmr
3 ḏ-Mrḥbm w-ʾl ʾs¹ nyʾm((s¹ʾl)) [... ...]
4 [... ...]by Mrfdm [...] ʾbn(y)tm
| 3 | nyʾm: RES supposes that perhaps it should be read s¹ʾl "et que personne ne revendique". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 And was this canal for Yʿd [... ...] 2 [... ...] the house of Ṣbʾmm and ʿmʾmr, 3 of Mrḥbm. And let nobody [... ...] 4 [... ...] Mrfdm [...] ?. |
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 |
| Notes | Reemployed in a modern house. |
| Link to site record |