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"Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 34, pl. 24b"

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"Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 34, pl. 24a"

Text:

Translations:

1Thus ordained and decreed 
2Tʾlb, Lord of pastures (Lord of Mḫylm), and S¹ʿdm,
3Yḥmʾl, of the family S¹ḫymm, and
4their tribe of the city Brn,
5Tʿrm, ʾs²rʿ and Dr, and all
6the cultivated land of the city Brn: that they shall set up a qyf and
7reserve the grazing-ground (against) any herdsman of the
8open country and of the pastureground of the mountain ḏ-Ḍbʿnn; (they prohibed) from
9bringing into it any flock 
10according to the boundary cairns of that grazing-ground
11(following) all its regulations. According what they granted
12and granted grazing rights, their lords, the
13family of S¹ḫymm.

Chronological

Period: C (conjectural)

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Pillar
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 52, w. 26.5
Letter Measure: 3.5

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text
Concordances: Gl 1142

Spatial

Site: al-ʿĀdī, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Brn

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