| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
| Chronology is based on the mention of Ydʿʾb Ġyln, king of Ḥaḍramawt. |
| In the upper lost part CIH integrates the king of Sabaʾ ʿlhn Nhfn as author of the dedication together with his son and Ydʿʾb Ġyln king of Ḥaḍramawt. However, Jamme notes: "the text was written not by the king, but by at least two (hmw in hws²ʿ-hmw in l.1) persons related to the tribe Ḥumlān, and who may have been descendants of the author of Ja 562" (Jamme 1962: 290). | |
| CIH gives the following integrations: | |
| 2 | [b-kn] (beginning); ʾtmt] (end). |
| 3 | [mlk]-hmw; at the end ḫm[s¹ Ḥḍrmwt]. |
| 4 | [mhrgt]-hmw or [mnlt]-hmw (beginning); b[n s²nʾ s²ʿb-h]mw (ll.4-5). |
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] that (He) granted them in that expedition, and bestowed them [... ...] 2 [... ...] and (they) besieged the Himyarites (being) in the fortress ḏt-ʿrmn in their return from the land of Ḥimyar, and in praise because Tʾlb granted [... ...] 3 [... ...] ... and the pact of his ally Ydʿʾb Ġyln king of Ḥaḍramawt and their two army forces, the army of the king of Sabaʾ and the army [... ...] 4 proper [... ...] which will satisfy them, and soundness of faculties and material resources, and may [He] crush, destroy, rout and ? [... ... their tribe] 5 Ḥmln, by ʿṯtr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqh Ṯhwn and Ṯwr Bʿlm, the two Masters of ʾwm, ḏt Ḥmym and ḏt Bʿdnm [... ...]. |
| Support type | Unknown |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
| Jamme 1962 a | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |