Najrān 1 Robin-Ghabbān-Saʿīd 2014, Texte 2
Robin, Al-Ghabbān and Al-Saʿīd 2014: 1074, fig. 21
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
[... ...ḏ-S¹mwy ḏ-]
1 [Rg]mt(m)((Rgmtm)) (b)-kʾbt-hw (b)-Ẓr(bn)
2 [w]-ʾwṯn-hw f-yknn ʿly-hw ʿ—
3 qrtm f-l tʿqrn ldy kʾbt—
4 n b-Ẓrbn w-ḏ yḫṭʾn b-mḥrm
5 ḏ-S¹mwy b-ms¹lmn w-b ẓwrn
6 f-yknn ʿly-hw ʿqrtm f-l
7 tʿqrn b-ms¹lmn ḥyṯ ḫlq l-h—
8 w w-kwn ḏn ʾmrn b-ʾmr w-m—
9 qs¹m ḏ-S¹mwy ḏ-Rgmtm((Rgmtm)) ḏ-hqs¹—
10 m ʿd-hw Hwtrʿṯt Ḏrḥn b—
11 n Ms¹km mlk ʾmrm
| 3 | ldy is a hapax in ASA; cfr. Ar. ladà "near". |
| 7 | ḥyṯ is a hapax in ASA; cfr. Ar. ḥayṯu "where". |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
... dhu-Samāwī de] 1 [Rag]matum dans sa kaʾbat à Ẓirbān 2 et ses bornes, qu'il y ait à sa charge une ʿa- 3 qīrat, et qu'elle soit sacrifiée auprès de la kaʾbat 4 à Ẓirbān. Celui qui commettra une faute dans le sanctuaire 5 de dhu-Samāwī, à l'autel et au rocher, 6 qu'il y ait à sa charge une ʿaqīrat et qu'elle 7 soit sacrifiée sur l'autel afin qu'il offre une compensation pour lui. 8 Ce décret (a été pris) sur l'ordre et le ser- 9 ment (arabe musqam) de dhu-Samāwī de Ragmatum qu'a prêté 10 par Lui Hawtarʿathat Dharḥān fils 11 de Ms¹km roi d'Amīrum. |
| 1 | According to the editors, kʾbt is a common noun meaning "massive" or "podium", which became progressively a proper noun (Arabic al-Kaʾba). |
| 2-3 | The editors refer the term ʿqrt to the Arabic ʿaqīra "sacrificed animal by a prosecutor in a tribal conflict". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 116, w. 50 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ukhdūd |
| Ancient site | Ẓrbn / Ngrn |
| Geographical area | Najrān |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple ḏ-S¹mwy ḏ-Rgmtm |
| Notes | The inscription was discovered in the sounding at the East of the citadel of al-Ukhdūd. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The name of Hawtarʿathat Dharḥān, son of Ms¹km king of Amīrum, is unknown in other documents.
According to the editors this inscription is datable around 250 BC.
The oasis of Nagran was at the beginning the centre of the kingdom of Mhʾmrm, starting from 300 BC it became the center of the kingdom of ʾmrm.
According to the editors this inscription is datable around 250 BC.
The oasis of Nagran was at the beginning the centre of the kingdom of Mhʾmrm, starting from 300 BC it became the center of the kingdom of ʾmrm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin, Al-Ghabbān and Al-Saʿīd 2014: 1073-1077, fig. 21 | Robin, Christian J., Al-Ghabbān, Alī I. and al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. 2014. Inscriptions antiques de la région de Najrān (Arabie Séoudite Méridionale): nouveaux jalons pour l'histoire de l'écriture, de la langue et du calendrier arabes. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2014/3: 1033-1128. |
| al-Zahrānī and al-Subali 2011: 34, pl. 22/a | al-Zahrani, Awad A. and al-Subali, A. 2011. Taqrīr ḥafrīyat Najrān: al-maūsimān al-sādis wal-sābiʿ (1429 H - 1430 H). Silsilat mudāwalāt ʿilmiyya muḥakama li-l-liqāʾ al-sanawī li-l-ǧamʿiyyah (al-ǧamʿiyya al-saʿūdīya li-l-dirāsāt al-aṯariyya), al-Mamlaka al-ʿArabiyya al-Saʿūdiyya ʿabr al-ʿuṣūr, 2: 19-104. |