DASI ID: ID: 226
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Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] of the family Ḍrs²bm of Dhnn, subjects of the family of Ṣdqʾl dug out, built, laid foundations, completed 2[... ...] and the completion of their reservoir Ḏbyn and the two canals in its two buttresses towards Qatabān 3[... ...] Qyḍn and of Ḏrʾn in their canals which are named ʿbrhn and S³bn- 4[... ...] and Qṭbn and the palm groves of Dhnn those of the oasis ʾbyn ḏ-Rymn in the irrigated land 5[... ...] By ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm.
Translation Notes:
2the expression ʿbrn Qtbn is found in the legal text CIH 611.
4in this instance, the –m suffix in ʾly-m seems to emphasise that the palm groves of the family mentioned are specifically those of the ʾbyn oasis.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 24.5, w. 78.5, th. 5
Letter Measure: 4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Ry 5
Spatial
Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 103020 (=1909,0612.1)
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