DASI ID: ID: 2825
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
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Translations:
1Ḏmrkrb Rym, son of 2ʾls¹mʿ, king of Kmnhw, 3and his commune of Kmnhw confessed 4and did penance to ḏ-Mdhww, be- 5cause they had to be surely protected by means of 6their water-course and because they misdirected the 7stream, which the document allotted (for them), and be- 8cause they had to measure what they offered on the 9day of performing service (for the god), on the day of (collecting) crops, 10and because they had to give judgement on what was appro- 11priated among the cultivated lands; and may the defence 12be assured against the (corresponding) provision of the document on them (i.e. on the above mentioned cultivated lands).
1Dhamarkarib Riyām fils de [I- 2līsamiʿ roi de Kaminahū 3et sa tribu de Kaminahū se sont confessés 4et ont fait pénitence auprès de dhū-Madahwū 5parce qu’ils auraient dû payer (le droit d’utilisation) (?) de 6leur cours d’eau et parce qu’ils ont dévié 7le courant, dont la part égale (leur) a été attribuée en partage, et 8parce qu’il aurait dû mesurer (la part de) ce qu’il a sacrifié, 9lors de son service au temple (comme ministre du culte/sacrificateur), en temps de récolte 10et parce qu’il aurait dû ordonner ce qui a été attribué 11du terrain cultivé. Qu’ils se gardent 12de (faire) une chose (faute/transgression) semblable à celles-ci.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Slab
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 55, w. 27, th. 12
Letter Measure: 3
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Spatial
Site: Kamna, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Kmnhw
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: Military Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: MṢM 148
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