CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Ry 586


Wissmann 1982: 165, fig. 32 (facsimile)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.2
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT


   1  ḏn ms³nd Krbʾl
   2  Wtr bn Ḏm(r)[ʿ]l(y)
   3  (mkrb )(S¹bʾ)( y)wm ʾlm
   4  ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn w-(h)nr-
   5  hw b-Trḥ ywm hw—
   6  ṣt kl gwm ḏ-ʾlm w-
   7  s²ymm w-ḏ ḥblm w-ḥmrm

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  This is the inscription of Krbʾl
   2  Wtr, son of Ḏmrʿly,
   3  mukarrib of Sabaʾ, when he celebrated the ritual meal of
   4  ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn and burnt offerings to
   5  Him in Trḥ when he founded
   6  all the community of the god and of
   7  the Patron, the territory and the people.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 1221 a+b
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Measuresw. 66.7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal al-Lawdh
Ancient siteKwrn
Geographical areaNorthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn
NotesThis text comes from the lower temple, at Šiʿb al-Kaʿāb.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1959: 167-169, pl. IIRyckmans, Gonzague 1959. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Dix-septième série. Le Muséon, 72: 159-176.
Tarcici 1974: 116, photoTarcici, Adnan 1974. The Queen of Sheba's Land, Yemen (Arabia Felix). Beirut: Nowfel.
Jamme 1982: 45-46Jamme, Albert W.F. 1982. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A204548#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Wissmann 1982: 164-166, fig. 32 (facsimile)Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)]