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Gr 158 Yanūr 1
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 | 4.3 |
| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]w w-[.]rm w-bny-
2 [h]my ʾlrm w-Ydm
3 bnw Fʿrn s²ʾmw
4 w-ʾtm w-hqs²bn ʿ—
5 br-hmw tʾtmm ḏ-Y—
6 nrm b-mqm ʿṯtr
7 ḏ-S³lq w-b rdʾ s² —
8 ʿb-hmw w-ʾdm-hm[w]
| 7 | S³lq could be the name of a sanctuary. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ... and [.]rm and their 2 children ʾlrm and Ydm, 3 of the family Fʿrn, bought 4 and acquired and brought under cultivation their 5 terraced field as a property of Y- 6 nrm; by the power of ʿṯtr 7 ḏ-S³lq and with the help of 8 their tribe and their subjects. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 45.5 (of the inscription) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Yanūr |
| Ancient site | Ynrm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | According to the inhabitants the stela was discovered in a field to the east of the village. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 39-40 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |