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Gl 1442 A 398
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 |
| Measure of letters | 9 |
| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Rbm w-K(l)bm w-Mkrb w-Yhrm w-b(n)-[hmw bnw]
2 Ḫrdmn hwṯrw w-hs²qrn hgr-hmw Ṯmr[. w-l ms¹qt]
3 ḫms¹t ʾʿnbm mḏbn ḏ-S¹wmn w-ḏ Ms¹w[... ...]
| 2 | It is not certain that the name of the town Ṯmr was complete. The restitution, proposed by Schaffer, at the end of the line 2: l-ms¹qt, is conditioned by the word mḏbn, in the third line and it is not certain. Moreover, the translation of mḏb (<ḎWB ?) "canal" is not certain. |
| 3 | In the transcription: ḥms¹t, but is seems a banal mistake of Schaffer. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbm, Klbm, Mkrb, and Yhrm and their descendants, [of the family] 2 Ḫrdmn, laid the foundations and completed their town Ṯmr[. and for the irrigation of] 3 five vineyards of the canal of S¹wmn and of Ms¹w[... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿUṣām |
| Ancient site | ʿṣmm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schaffer 1972: 34-36 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm. |