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MS Rayd Muḫtān 1


al-Salami 2011: 200, fig. 17/a
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al-Salami 2011: 200, fig. 17/a
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al-Salami 2011: 201, fig. 17/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  Ḥywm Trʿmym
   2  bn Lḥy bn Grʿm
   3  mrṯd ʾlmqh ḏ-S²w—
   4  ḥṭ b-(yw)[m] (rṯ)d-hw tlw—
   5  t-h<w> w-ʾbw-hw w-kw—
   6  n ḏn s¹ṭrn b-ḫ(m)s¹ ḏ-f(r)—
   7  ʿ( )ḏ-Nylm b-ḫrf D(d)ʾ—
   8  (mr) (bn )Kbs¹ym w-(k)—
   9  w(n) (ḫ)rfn (ḏ)-mḥ(l)m

Apparatus
1-9The letters d and m are written as their mirror-images. The same occurs for the k in the word kwn (ll. 5 and 8).
The word separators are frequently missing.
1Trʿmym is corrected by the editor in Tnʿmym.
Instead of the mimation a nunation would be here expexted.
8-9The reading is completely hypothetical.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥywm, he of Trʿm (or, Tnʿm),
   2  son of Lḥy, of the family Grʿm,
   3  protegee of ʾlmqh ḏ-S²wḥṭ, (dedicated)
   4  when he entrusted to His protection his offsprings
   5  and his ancestors. And this dedication
   6  took place on the fifth (day) of the first decade of (the month)
   7  Nylm in the year of Ddʾmr
   8  of Kbs¹ym [... ...]
8"which was the year of mḥlm", following the editor.
al-Salami 2011: 44-47al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsw. 52
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteRayd Mukhtān
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaJabal al-Lawz
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Salami 2011: 44-47, fig. 17/a-bal-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.