CIAS 39.11/o 3 n° 3 Ir 35/B.1
CIAS: i, 57
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]—
1 [.](ʾ w)-(ʾs¹d )[...]( b)-(ʿm)-(hw )[..]
2 hgr ʿbdn b-kn nʿmw ʾbʿl h—
3 grn ʿbdn ḫys¹ b-ʿbr Ḥḍrm—
4 (t) w-ṣnʿ hgr-hmw w-ḥ—
5 [md ]Rbbm b-ḏ-ḫmr ʾlmqh ʿ—
6 [...]ʾ w-ʾs¹d b-ʿm-hw hgrn
7 [ʿbd]n w-ḥmlw hgrn qrn(m)
8 [w-hb](ʿ)lw ʾwṯq-hmw w-l wzʾ (ʾ)[l]—
9 [mq](h) s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-ḥẓ(y)
10 [w]-(r)ḍw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr (m)—
11 (l)k S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlhn N—
12 hfn mlk S¹bʾ b-ʾlmqh-b—
13 ʿl-ʾwm w-mrʾ-hmw-S²ʿr-ʾwtr
| Some transcription errors of the CIAS edition are corrected in Jamme 1979 d and 1985. | |
| 1 | Ryckmans 1975: 216 restores kwnw in the lacuna at the middle of the line. |
| 5 | At the end of the line, only Iryānī transcribes the ʿ. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 and the men [... ...] with him [..] 2 the town of ʿbdn when the citizens of the 3 town ʿbdn had consented to make their submission in favour of Ḥaḍramawt 4 and to fortify their town, and Rbbm gave 5 thanks because ʾlmqh granted 6 [... ...] and the men with him, the town 7 ʿbdn; and they placed in the town a garrison force 8 and seized hostages from them; may ʾlmqh continue 9 to grant to them prosperity and the goodwill 10 and the satisfaction of their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr king 11 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān son of ʿlhn 12 Nhfn king of Sabaʾ, by ʾlmqh Master 13 of ʾwm and their lord S²ʿr ʾwtr. |
| 2-4 | Jamme translated the sentence nʿmw ... ... ḫys¹ b-ʿbr Ḥḍrmt as "avaient accepté de se séparer du Ḥaḍramawt", confronting ḫys¹ with Ar. ḫāsa "to break" and giving a negative sense to b-ʿbr. According to him, the lords of the town decided to separate from Ḥaḍramawt, so the author of the text came with the Sabaean army to reinforce the town and took hostages among the Ḥaḍrami people present in there. For the translation of ḫys¹ "be submissive", see Beeston in CIAS: i, 56-58. Cf Ryckmans 1975: 216 "act perfidiously". |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1975 a: 215-216 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1975. Ḥimyaritica 5. Le Muséon, 88: 199-219. |
| Jamme 1979 d: 276 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Review of Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]. Orientalia, 48: 260-284. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 391 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 46, w. 21, th. 11 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Iryānī 1973: 177-179 (photo) | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1975 a: 215-216 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1975. Ḥimyaritica 5. Le Muséon, 88: 199-219. |
| CIAS: i, 55-58 (photo) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Jamme 1979 d: 275-277 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Review of Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]. Orientalia, 48: 260-284. |
| Jamme 1985: 254-255 | 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] |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 212-215 (photo and facsimile) | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |