Kortler 3
Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: pl. VI/17
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 | Commemorative text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Bāfaqīh edited the text as Kortler 2. |
TEXT
1 ʾqdm mḥrmn
2 w-mḥfdn ʾlrm
3 bn ʿzzʾl w-Bḥ—
4 r bn Whblt
5 w-ʾs¹lm Wdʾb((Wd-ʾb))
6 w-ʾs¹lm qdm ʾ—
7 mrm w-Ġṭfn
8 wzʿ(n)
| 7 | The initial letters are not exactly in line with the following text. Bāfaqīh: Ġṭfʾn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The chiefs of the temple 2 and of the tower (are) ʾlrm 3 son of ʿzzʾl and Bḥrm 4 son of Whblt 5 and ʾs¹lm Wdʾb (or, Wd is father). 6 And ʾs¹lm is the chief of 7 Amīr, and Ġṭfn 8 is the commander. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: 122 | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Sabäische Felsinschriften von der jemenitishen Grenze zur Rubʿ al-Ḫālī. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 113-136. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The text witnesses to the period when the tribe of Amir provided auxiliary troops to Sabaʾ (Robin 2010 b: 48).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: 122-125, fig. 17 | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Sabäische Felsinschriften von der jemenitishen Grenze zur Rubʿ al-Ḫālī. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 113-136. |
| Bāfaqīh 2001 a: 62-63 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 2001. Ḏū Samāwī wa-abʿād ḥarami-hi fī Šuḍayf. Raydān, 7: 55-65. |
| Robin 2010 b: 48 | Robin, Christian J. 2010. Nagrān vers l'époque du massacre: notes sur l'histoire politique, économique et institutionnelle et sur l'introduction du christianisme (avec un réexamen du Martyre d'Azqīr). Pages 39-106 in Joëlle Beaucamp, Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Christian J. Robin (eds). Juifs et chrétiens en Arabie aux Ve et VIe siècles. Regards croisés sur les sources. Joëlle Beaucamp, Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Christian J. Robin (eds), Le massacre de Najrân. Religion et politique en Arabie du Sud au VIe siècle. 32. (Travaux et mémoires du Centre de recherche d’histoire et civilisation de Byzance. Monographies). Paris: Association des amis du Centre d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance. |