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Robin 4
M. Adnan Tarcici
Robin 1994 a: pl. 40; Tarcici 1974
The photo cuts off the text on both sides.
Robin 1994 a: pl. 40; Tarcici 1974
The photo cuts off the text on both sides.
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The left side as the right one are cutted off in the photo. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]r[.] w-Br(l)t [... ...w-bny-
2 h]mw Ġwṯm w-S²blm w-S¹ʿ(d)[... ...]
3 [.] ʾdm bny Wrkn w-Qrẓn b[rʾ... ...byt-hm—
4 w] Dṯʾ b-rdʾ ʿṯtr S²rqn w-S²ms¹m [... ...]
5 [b-]rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw ʾlwfd Yḍ[ʿ ... ...bny Wrk—
6 n ]w-Qrẓn w-rṯdw byt-h[mw... ...]
| 1 | "Le nom de personne qui précède Brlt ne peut pas être restitué avec certitude. Il est possible de lire les trois derniers signes (B)r(g) mais bien d'autres restitutions sont envisageables." (Robin 1994 a: 79). |
| 4 | Ḏtʾ : "plutôt que le substantif qui signifie «printemps», ce pourrait être ici un nom propre, apparemment celui d'une construction." (Robin 1994 a: 79). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Brlt [... ... and their sons] 2 Ġwṯm, S²blm, S¹ʿd [... ...] 3 vassals of the family Wrkn and Qrẓn, built [... ... their house (?)] 4 Dṯʾ, with the help of ʿṯtr S²rqn and of S²ms¹m [.. ... and 5 with] the help of their masters ʾlwfd Yḍʿ[... ... , of the family Wr- 6 kn] and Qrẓn, and they committed their house [ ... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʾlwfd Yḍʿ is known from RES 3969/1 (al-Ghirās). Probably he is a qayl of Yursam/Hagarum (fraction of Samʿī). (Robin 1994 a: 79).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1994 a: 78-79, pl. 40 | Robin, Christian J. 1994. Documents de l'Arabie antique III. Raydān, 6: 69-90. |
| Tarcici 1974: 116 | Tarcici, Adnan 1974. The Queen of Sheba's Land, Yemen (Arabia Felix). Beirut: Nowfel. |