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MS al-Karīf 1
al-Salami 2011: 193, fig. 11
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
GENERAL NOTES
| The mention of palm gardens in this inscriptions is surprising, since the highland of the Jabal al-Lawz (over 3000 m asl) presents a cold climate, which does not correspond to the climatic conditions required by the date palms. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]w-Ḏrḥʾl w-Ys²hrmlk bnw[ ... ...]
2 [... ... mʾḫ](ḏ)-hmw Wflm ms¹qt ʾnḫ[l-hmw... ...]
3 [... ... ]Rymn w-Mṭrn w-ḏ-Mʿ[... ...]
4 [... ...](h)rn Ṭwqn b-ʿṯtr[ ... ...]
| 2 | At the beginning the integration is probable, but not sure. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]and Ḏrʾḥl and Ys²hrmlk, of the family [... ...] 2 [... ...] their control dyke Wflm, the irrigation of palmgroves [... ...] 3 [... ...]Rymn and Mṭrn and [... ...] 4 [... ...] Ṭwqn. Bei ʿṯtr [... ...]. |
| 3-4 | The names Rymn, ḏ-Mʿ[... ...], Mṭrn and Ṭwqn are probably to be interpreted as the names of the palm gardens mentioned in the previous line. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 34 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 31-32, fig. 11 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |