RES 4109 Ja 117; Ghul-YU 35
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Prayer |
TEXT
1 [l-](ys¹)mʿn Rḥmnn
2 (Ḥ)mdm Ks¹dyn w-ʾ—
3 ḫwt-hw w-ḥs²kt-h—
4 w w-ʾlwd-hmw Kr(b)—
5 [.] w-[... ...]t-hw
| 4-5 | The reading of the name seems to be Krb(t), but the last letter is not easily recognizable and a reading Krbm would be more reasonable, on the basis of a widespread use of this name in onomastics. |
| 5 | The editor suggests to integrate w-[kl byt-h]w on the basis of CIH 543. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 May Rḥmnn hear (the prayer of) 2 Ḥmdm of Ks¹d (the Chaldean?), his 3 brothers, his wife 4 and their offspring (in the person of) Krb‒ 5 [.] and his [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1643 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23.5, w. 25, th. 8 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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CULTURAL NOTES
This is an invocation made to the god Rḥmnn by an individual who, according to the editors, might be a “Chaldean”. As it is well known, another mention of a “Chaldean” in the south Arabian texts was recognized in the Ḥaḍramitic inscription RES 4859/3: ks²dyyhn. Bron (1986: 95-98) speaks of a "notation divergente de la sifflante" in RES 4109, where the term is with s¹ instead of s² and therefore would not correspond to the Biblical Kasdīn. Besides, as Hayajneh suggests, al-Kasād is attested as name of place in the Yemeni-Arabic tradition.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Hayajneh 2002: 200-201, fig. 12 | Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222. |
| Bron 1986 | Bron, François 1986. Palmyréniens et Chaldéens en Arabie du Sud. Studi Epigrafici e Linguistici, 3: 95-98.. |