DASI ID: ID: 1080
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Translations:
1Ṣbḥm son of Yṯʿkrb, fqḍn of Mḏmrn, dedicated to ʾlmqh this inscription, when S¹mhʿly appointed him 2as fqḍn of the tribes from the citadel of ʿmln, for the construction and the restoration of all the mountain paths and the whole road that goes from 3the gate of the citadel ʿmln to the gate of Mryb; and his lord S¹mhʿly and his landlord and the nobles of 4Fys²n expressed gratitude to him. By ʿṯtr, ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdn and by Yṯʿʾmr, 5Ydʿʾl and S¹mhʿly and by his father Yṯʿkrb, the fqḍn. And Ṣbḥm dedicated his inscription [... ...].
Translation Notes:
1The verb s¹bʾ is morphologically singular, from which our translation. Alternative interpretation (also by the editors): "and all the roads going from ...".
4"Und es veröffentlichte Ṣbḥm [seine] Inschrift" (editors).
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Unknown
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
Concordances: CIH 418, CIH 955, Gl 927, Gl 926
Spatial
Site: al-Mashjaḥ, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts
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