Gr 219 RES 4624; RES 3873; Gl 1324
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- By kind permission of S. Rijziger
- Petr A. Grjaznevič
Grjaznevič 1998: n. 192/b - Höfner 1981: pl. VIII/2
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Grjaznevič 1998: n. 192/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 (max); 3.5 (min) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [....] kwr Tʾ<l>b b-Yṯʿ[t] [... ...]
2 [. ..]bn b-qdm Ẓbyn w-mḫḍ [... ...]
3 Byḥn w-ṣnʿ ʾ[... ...]
4 w-brṯ ms¹bʾ ʿrn Ḏmrmr bn ryd-hw [... ...]
5 w-ywm s²rḥ S¹bʾ w-ms¹bʾ-hmw b-ḍr t[... ...]
6 byn-hmw w-ywm s²rḥ S¹mhʾfq bn Yhʿn q[yl S¹]—
7 mʿy w-kl qny-hw w-ʾdm-hw ln ḏt fs³l ʿd[y .]—
8 tkl ʾrḫ-hw w-yhṯb Krbʾl mlk S¹bʾ w-S¹b[ʾ w-]
9 ʾṣd mlkn ʿs²rn w-mʾtn l-Mʿhrm tʾmnm |
| 1 | kwr Tʾ<l>b b-Yṯʿ[t]: compare CIH 338, 13. |
| 2 | [..]bn: M. Höfner (1981) integrates [ḏy]bn, P. Grjaznevič (1998) [ḏʾ]bn. Comparing the text with the inscription CIH 338, 9: w-ms¹lmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-b qdm Ẓbyn we can restore ḏh]bn. |
| 4 | Comparing with CIH 338, 12-13 the end of the line could be restored: [ʿdy qmm]. |
| 7-8 | After ḏt fs³l M. Höfner (1981) integrates: ʿd[y ʿrn R]tkl. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [....] the fire-altar of Tʾlb in Yṯʿt [... ...] 2 [... ...] in front of Ẓbyn and he hewed out [... ...] 3 Byḥn and he reinforced [... ...] 4 and he leveled the road of the city Ḏmrmr from its lower part [up to the summit], 5 when He preserved Sabaʾ and their expeditionary force during the war [... ...] 6 between them. And when He preserved S¹mhʾfq, son of Yhʿn, qyl of 7 S¹mʿy, and all his properties and his vassals, after that he marched out toward 8 [.]tkl (during) his enterprise. And Krbʾl, king of Sabaʾ, and Sabaʾ 9 and the troops of the king gave to Mʿhrm one hundred and ten (pieces) as expression of gratitude. |
| 7-8 | "seitdem er ausgehauen hatte (den Weg) zur B[urg und (jen)er] zog seinen (d. h. dem vom Stifter angelegten) Weg" (M. Höfner 1981); "nachdem er ausgezogen (?) war nach (.)TKL (?) (während) seiner Unternehmung" (Stein 2003 a). |
| Höfner 1981: 39 | Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Grjaznevič 1998: 74 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1998. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1970-1971 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. (2 vols), Moscow: Glavnaya redakziya vostochnoy literatury. |
| Stein 2003 a: 226, n. 531; 116, n. 196 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Itwa |
| Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
According to P. Stein (2005 c), S¹mhʾfq bn Yhʿn qyl S¹mʿy is the son of Yhʿn Ḏbyn bn Ys¹mʿʾl bn S¹mhkrb mlk S¹mʿy, author of the inscription CIH 37.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rhodokanakis 1936: 25-26 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation Altsüdarabischer Inschriften I. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 21-76. |
| Höfner 1981: 37-39, pl. VIII/2 | Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Grjaznevič 1998: 73-76, photo 192/a-b | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1998. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1970-1971 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. (2 vols), Moscow: Glavnaya redakziya vostochnoy literatury. |
| Stein 2005 c: 188, fn. 42 | Stein, Peter 2005. Linguistic contributions to Sabaean chronology. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 10: 179-189. |