DASI ID: ID: 7759
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 50/a Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1S¹ʿdʾwm ʾyhr and his 2sons Whbʾwm and Whbʿṯtr, 3of the family Mʾns¹m constructed and 4restored their mnẓr and their threshing floor 5Yfḍ, and they entrusted their mẓll 6to ʿṯtr and S¹mʿ against any mischievous person and anyone causing damage.
Translation Notes:
4ṣyḥn: "...nom d'action de schème fʿln: comparer par exemple avec ḥdṯn dans MAFRAY-as-Šaqab 1, 8. Le sens de 'niveler' se dégage de la comparaison des contextes: voir en particulier Ja 821 A, 3 ou RES 4085, 2...";
"leur mnẓr, et le nivellement de leur aire à battre" (Robin).
For mnẓr, see Robin-al-Ḫadara 4, 3.
4, 5grn: attested in Ja 514 too. It is comparable with the Arab ǧurn, Ethiopic gwǝrn, Hebraic goren (Robin).
Chronological
Period: C (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 49, w. 65
Letter Measure: 7
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: al-Khadara, ʿAmrān, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Settlement
Site: Madīnat al-Ziyal, al-Maḥwīt, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
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