Nāmī NN 19
Robin and Vogt 1997: 181
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- Robin and Vogt 1997: 181
Image free from copyright - Nāmī 1943: 24 (photo)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ... Tʾlb Ry]mm ḏn [... ...]
2 [w]fy mḏht Tʾlb b-wfym w-
3 [hwfy ] ḫrf ṣdqm w-hs²fqn dṯʾn w-ḫr—
4 [fn w-]hs³ʿʿ dṯʾn ṯmrn w-ḫrfn f-ʾtw
5 [....]t w-b-hwt ḫrfn f-ḥlfw ʾmʿṯtr((ʾmʿṯtr))
6 [.. wf]y qs¹d Tʾlb w-wfy kl hmw
7 [... ...]ltn b-wfym w-b-mw hwt ḫr—
8 [fn wl]dt Qlkhl ḏt Hmdn ġlm—
9 [m ] ṯnym ḥgrm b-hwt ḫrfn tʾ—
10 [t]m mrʾ-hmw ʿlhn mlk S¹bʾ b-ʿ—
11 [m] Ydʿʾl mlk Ḥḍrmwt l-tlw
12 [... w-tʾ]ḫwn-hmw b-ḏt Ġylm w-tʾ—
13 [ḫw ] b-wfym w-b-hwt ḫrfn nʾd
14 [... ]w-bkrn mhs²fqm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw
15 [rḍy w-]ḥẓy mrʾy-hmw ʿlhn w-bny-hw
16 S²ʿrm mlky S¹bʾ w-l ḫryn-hmw |
17 bn nḍʿ s²nʾm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw dṯʾ w-
18 ḫrf mhs²fqm b-Tʾlb Rymm
| 7 | At the beginning Nāmī integrates: s¹ʾw]ltn "claim". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Tʾlb Rymm this [... ...] 2 the safety of camel herd (?) of Tʾlb in safety 3 [and He granted] satisfactory autumn crops and He satiated with rain spring and 4 autumn crops, and He increased spring fruits and autumn crops, so crops were produced. 5 [... ...] in that year they swore: ʾmʿṯtr (or, to the Mother of ʿṯtr) 6 [... ...] the safety of the qs¹d of Tʾlb and the safety of all those 7 [... ...] in safety. In that very year 8 Qlkhl, she of the family Hmdn, gave birth to a second 9 boy in protection. In that year 10 their lord ʿlhn, king of Sabaʾ, joined with 11 Ydʿʾl, king of Ḥaḍramawt, forever 12 [... ...] to enter into an alliance at ḏt Ġylm, and entered into an alliance 13 in safety. In that year luxuriant crops 14 [...] early crops (?) in abundace. Might He grant them 15 the goodwill and the favour of their two lords ʿlhn and his son 16 S²ʿrm, the two kings of Sabaʾ. Might He save them 17 from the maleficence of enemies. Might He grant them spring and 18 autumn crops in abudance. By Tʾlb Rymm. |
| 2 | The translation of mḏh < NḎH "camel herd" is suggested by Jamme 1985: 229-230 (see also Ja 600, 4). No translation in the SD. |
| Jamme 1985: 229-230 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 355 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 48, w. 26 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Nāmī 1943: 24-30 (photo) | Nāmī, Khalīl Y. 1943. Našr nuqūš sāmīyya qadīma min ǧanūb bilād al-ʿarab wa-šarḥu-hā. al-Qāhira: al-Maṭbaʿa al-ʿIlmī al-Faransī li-l-Āṯār al-Šarqiyya. |
| Jamme 1985: 229-230 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Robin and Vogt 1997: 181, 235a | Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe. |