DASI ID: ID: 7730
Text:
Translations:
1S²rḥʿṯt, son of Hʿn, of the family Ḥlḥlm, and his sons, of the family Ḥlḥlm, 2dug out, built, laid foundations and completed the irrigation canal Rwym 3(for) the irrigation system for their palmgrove Grt, the palmgrove of the family Ḥlḥlm. And 4let not destroy this canal of the family Rymn and of the family Ḥlḥlm between 5the boundaries of the two palmgroves Grt and Grt. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh.
Translation Notes:
3-4w-ʾ(l) hʿ(l)yt: "und (für das) was sprießen läßt" (Höfner 1966).
Chronological
Period: B (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Unknown
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Concordances: RES 3687, Gl 423=1006
Spatial
Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
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