DASI ID: ID: 1250
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"Arbach 2005 b: 315, fig. 1"
Text:
Translations:
1Ṣdqyfʿ, son of Ḥmʿṯt, ibn ʿnmt ‒ 2n, sold and dedicated to ʿṯtr S²ymm in 3Rḥb his daughter Hrbm whom he generated with 4his servant Ḥytm whom he purchased from ʾbs¹m- 5ʿ of Ḫlfn; and Hrbm must be (in the temple), as (the other women) dedicated to ʿṯtr S²ymm 6must be. And this sale 7and the dedication were (lit. "was") in the first month of Ns¹wr (or: in the month of Ns¹wr, the former), during the priesthood of 8S¹mhkrb ḏ-Mbḥrt. Witnesses thereof are Bʿṯtr ibn 9ʿnmtn and Bʿṯtr son of S²hrʿly [...].
Translation Notes:
5-6"que Hrbm mette en vigueur l'engagement, conformément à ce qui a été décrété dans l'acte d'achat de ʿAtthar" (Arbach).
"and Hrbm might be (in the temple), as there were (the other women) the possessions of ʿṯtr S²ymm" (Avanzini).
7"in the first ten days of the month Ns¹wr" (Avanzini).
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Legal text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ṣrwḥ
Type of Site: Settlement
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