DASI ID: ID: 1007
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"Arbach and Audouin 2007: 84, cat. 53"
Text:
Translations:
1ʾlkrb, son of Yhbr, 2qyn of ʾlmqh and S¹mʿ 3ḏ-ʾlm and S¹mhʿly, dedicated 4to ʾlmqh Ṣbḥhmw, 5when he claimed property rights on his palmgrove 6and his supply-channel, by the decree of 7Sabaʾ and S¹mhrym and the council 8of ʿrrtm and Ktlm; 9and (may) the waters of the two wādīs (flow) from 10ʿrrtm and Ktlm 11over Hrbn; and S¹mhrym 12is the controller of the irrigation.
Translation Notes:
9According to Bron, the line is governed by the verb in l.5 "ṣdq b-" ("he claimed property rights over"): "et (la propriété) des eaux qui se répandent depuis", as "s¹rwy pourrait être rapproché d'ar. sarā,«se répandre»" (Bron 2010 b: 44).
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 103, w. 58, th. 13
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Circular elements
Letter Measure: 4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Kharibat Saʿūd, Mārib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ktlm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 18352
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