Gar Bayt al-Ashwal 2
Robin 1987 c: pl. 11/B
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Mlkkrb Yhʾmn w-bny-hw ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd w-Ḏrʾʾmr ʾymn ʾm(lk )(S¹)bʾ w-(ḏ)-(R)[ydn w]-
2 Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt brʾw w-hwṯrn w-hqwḥ w-hs²qrn byt-hmw Kl[n]—
3 m bn mwṯr-hw ʿdy tfrʿ-hw b-mqm mrʾ-hmw Mrʾ s¹m—
4 yn wrḫ-hw ḏ-Dʾwn ḏ-b-ḫryfn ḏ-l-ṯlṯ w-ts¹ʿy w-ʾrbʿ mʾ[tm]
| 2 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. |
| 2-3 | klm (Garbini), kl[n]m (Müller) on Ga 38=ZM 647, 3 (AION 1973: 591). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mlkkrb Yhnʾm and his sons ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd and Ḏrʾʾmr ʾymn, kings of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, 2 Ḥaḍramawt and Yamanat built, laid foundations, finished and completed their house Kl[n]- 3 m, from foundations to top, with the power of their Lord, the Lord of heaven. 4 In the month of Dʾwn in the year four hundred ninety-three. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt al-Ashwāl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The inscription, found in Ẓafār, has been moved to Bayt al-Ashwāl. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Ẓafār |
| Ancient site | Ẓfr |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Royal palace Klm (or Klnm) |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
See Ry 534+MAFY-Rayda 1 on Mrʾ s¹myn.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1970 a: 161-163, pl. I/c | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Una bilingue sabeo-ebraica da Ẓafar. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/2: 153-165. |
| Robin 1987 c: 151, pl. 11/B | Robin, Christian J. 1987. L'inscription Ir 40 de Bayt Ḍabʿân et la tribu Ḏmry. Appendice: Les inscriptions Gl 1192, Gl 1197 et Gr 27. Pages 113-157 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Gajda 1997: 3-4 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 59 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |