Ẓafār lz10~016
Müller, Walter W. 2013: 186, fig. 10.15.2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||||
| Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ... ]w-ʾḫwt-hw bn
2 [... ...]kwn b-ʿrʾln w-b—
3 [... ...] bʿl s¹myn w-b-rdʾ|
4 [S²rḥbʾl Yʿfr m]lk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd—
5 [n w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt ]w-ʾʿrb-hmw Ṭw—
6 [dm w-Thmt ... ... ]yknn ʿml-hmw l-ṣl(ḥ)
7 [... ... ](ṣ)lḥ ʾfs¹-hmw w-ʾlwd-
8 [hmw ... ... ḏ-l-ṯ]lṯt w-s¹ṯy w-ḫms¹ mʾtm
| Integrations by Müller. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and his brothers, sons of 2 [... ...] were (located) on ʿrʿln and in 3 [... ...] of the lord of heaven, and with the help of 4 [S²rḥbʾl Yʿfr, k]ing of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Rayd— 5 [ān and Ḥāḍramawt and Ymnt ] and their Arabs of Ṭw— 6 [dm and the Thmt ... ...] and their crops will be for prosperity 7 [... ...] their own prosperity and [of their] children 8 [... ...] five hundred and three and sixty. |
| 2 | The meaning of the toponym ʿrʾln is literally "god's mountain" or "god's castle"; its location is uncertain (Müller). |
| Müller, Walter W. 2013: 168 | Müller, Walter W. Three Late Sabaic inscriptions with royal names from Ẓafār. Pages 167-186 in Paul Yule (ed.). Late antique Arabia, Ẓafār capital of Ḥimyar. Rehabilitation of a 'decadent' society. Excavations of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1998-2010 in the highland of the Yemen. (Abhandlungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 29). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 47, w. 51, th. 5.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ẓafār |
| Ancient site | Ẓfr |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 2013: 168-169, 186 (fig. 10.15.2) | Müller, Walter W. Three Late Sabaic inscriptions with royal names from Ẓafār. Pages 167-186 in Paul Yule (ed.). Late antique Arabia, Ẓafār capital of Ḥimyar. Rehabilitation of a 'decadent' society. Excavations of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1998-2010 in the highland of the Yemen. (Abhandlungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 29). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |