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MS Maḏbaḥ 1


al-Salami 2011: 190, fig. 6

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Measure of letters13
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural

TEXT

marker


   1  Yfrʿ
   2  Qynn
   3  Ḥyw—
   4  m[ ]Hḥr—
   5  ṯ[ ]mrs²w
   6  |ʿṯt—
   7  r ml—
   8  ʾ Yf—
   9  d[ ]b-—
  10  ḫrf
  11  hmy

Apparatus
1-11The letter m is written as its mirror image.
5The editor interpretes mrs²w as a plural form of rs²w.

TRANSLATIONS

German

   1  Yufriʿ
   2  (aus der Sippe) Qaynān
   3  und Ḥaywum
   4  (aus der Sippe) Haḥraṯ,
   5  die Priester
   6  des ʿAṯtar.
   7  Er (sc. ʿAṯtar) hat
   8  (den Damm?) Yafid
   9  in ihrem
  10  Priesterschaftsjahr
  11  (mit Wasser) gefüllt.
al-Salami 2011: 22-25al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMadhbaḥ
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaJabal al-Lawz
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

This text, together with several other inscriptions, shows that the god ʿAṯtar was the deity responsible for irrigation.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Salami 2011: 22-25, fig. 6al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.