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DAI FH ʾAwām 1997-6


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḥywm bn Lḥyʿṯt ḏ-S¹ḥr w-ʿndhmw bn Ḥmʿṯ—
   2  t bn ḏ-Mḥrmn ʿs¹y w-bny kl ṯmn qbrn Ygr w-—
   3  ṯmn kl mbḥr-hw w-ṯmn kl tʾbd-hw w-ṯmn fnwt-—
   4  hw w-l yqny Ḥywm w-ʿndhmw ḏn ṯmnn fqḥ w-f—
   5  qḥ gwlm b-ʾlmqh

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥywm, son of Lḥyʿṯt of the family S¹ḥr, and ʿndhmw, son of Ḥmʿṯt
   2  of the family of Mḥrmn, made and built an entire eighth of the tomb Ygr,
   3  an eighth of all its mbḥr, an eighth of all its tʾbd and an eighth of its canal.
   4  Ḥywm and ʿndhmw may acquire this eighth, each one the
   5  half, with full property rights. By ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb Ygr
NotesThe text is inscribed on the south-wall of tomb 1, in area A of the so-called ʾAwām cemetery, which extends outside the temenos wall of the temple of Maḥrām Bilqīs.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Nebes 2002 c: 161, fig. 1Nebes, Norbert 2002. Die 'Grabinschriften' aus dem ʾAwām-Friedhof. Vorbericht über die Kampagnen 1997 bis 2001. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 9: 161-164.