CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.3 (RES 3902 n° 148), 2 (RES 3902 n° 149)
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The fragments RES 3902 n° 148 + RES 3902bis n° 149, which were treated separately by the previous editors, were joined by Pirenne. J. Ryckmans in turn considered RES 3902bis n° 149 as belonging to RES 4215.

TEXT


   1  [... ...] w-Krbʿṯt
   2  [... ... bny ḏ-]S¹ḥr w-S³—
   3  [... ...ṣl]mn ḏ-ṣrf—
   4  [n ... ...]m l-ym—
   5  [... ...]
   6  [... ...]t w-ġnm (ʾl)[... ...]
   7  [... ...]ʾtn w-l-ḏ(t y)zʾn ʾlmqh ḫmr ʿb(d)[-hw]
   8  [... ...] (w)-mhrgm w-ġn(m)m b-ʾhn-mw yzʾnn [... ...]
   9  [... ...-h]mw l-s¹bʾ w-ḥm[d]m b-ḏ-ḫmr ʾlm(q)[h ʿbd-hw ... ...]
  10  [... ...]ḫ bn mrḍ mrḍ[ r]gly-hw w-l-ḫmr (ʾ)lmqh ʿbd-(h)[w ... ... ]
  11  [... ...] mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ± Yḥḍb w-ʾ(ḫy)-(h)[w Yʾ](zl) (B)[yn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-]
  12  [Rydn w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh n]ʾd qyẓ w-ṣrb [ʿdy] kl [... ...]
  13  [... ... b]n [... ...]

Apparatus
Pirenne integrates:
1[... ... ʾḫ ḏ-ṣry-hw ... ... w-bny-hw ḏ-ṣry-hw ... ...]
2[... ... ḏ-ṣry-hw ... ... w-... ... ḏ-ṣry-hw ... ... bny ḏ-]S¹ḥr
3[krd w-rs²w ʾlmqh b-ʾwm hqnyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ... ... ʾṣl]
4[n w-... ... ʾṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt ... ...]m lym
9[mrʾy-hmw b-kl s¹bʾt w-tqdmt yqhnn mrʾy-h]mw
10-11ʾwldm ʾ]—[ḏkrm hnʾm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw]
12[ʿdy] kl[ ʾrḍ-hmw w-ʾs¹rr-hmw w-mqyẓ-hmw w-l]
13[hʿnn-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm b]n [nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm ḏ-rḥq w-qrb b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 2322 A=AM 60.750 A+NAM 2651=AM 60.750
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 10, w. 9, th. 7.4 (RES 3902 n° 148); h. 14, w. 23, th. 9.5 (RES 3902 n° 149); h. 10, w. 12 (RES 4215)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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Provenance
Modern siteShibām
Ancient siteS²bm
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
NotesFound in a cave at Shibām.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen 1926: 576Jaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 388Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200.
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 123Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1932. Himjarische Inschriften in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatisch-Aegyptischen Gesellschaft, 37/1). Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs.
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1933: 57, n° 16Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1933. Altsüdarabische Inschriften. Orientalia, 2: 50-60.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962 b: 445, 450Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Vingtième série. Le Muséon, 75: 441-453.
Pirenne 1966: 84-90Pirenne, Jacqueline 1966. Contribution à l'épigraphie sud-arabiques. Semitica, 16: 73-99.
Ryckmans, Jacques 1972 c: 282Ryckmans, Jacques 1972. Etudes d'épigraphie sud-arabe en russe, 7. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 29: 281-283.