CSAI

Corpus of Northern Middle Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


al-Saʿīd 2002 c: 31-32

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

It is uncertain to consider this inscription inside the Northern Middle Sabaic corpus, but it was probably commissioned by people from North Arabia.

TEXT


   1  ʾḥtmy w-bn-hw
   2  ʾws¹ʾ w-Zbydbl
   3  bn ʾws¹ʾ b(n)y ʿḍ—
   4  d s²yʿ ḏ-ʾhl Dbw—
   5  t (ḏ)-(ʾ)hl S²(l)l ḏ-ʾhl Ḫ—
   6  nz(n) hqny S²ms¹ w-
   7  ḏt b-S¹mwy ms³ndn ḏ—
   8  n w-(ʾnf)[s¹-hm]w w-ʾq—
   9  ny-h(m)[w] w-[wld]-(h)mw

Apparatus
7-8To note: ms³ndn ḏn instead of the regular ḏn ms³ndn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾḥtmy and his son
   2  ʾws¹ʾ and Zbydbl,
   3  son of ʾws¹ʾ, of the family ʿḍd,
   4  vassal of the family Dbw-
   5  t, of the family S²ll, and of the family Ḫ-
   6  nzn, dedicated to S²ms¹ and to
   7  ḏt b-S¹mwy this inscription,
   8  themselves, their
   9  properties and their children.
al-Saʿīd 2002 c: 12al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. 2002. Min Tadmur ilā Ǧawf al-Yaman : Naqš ʿarabī ǧanūbī aṣḥāb-hu min Tadmur. Magalla al-ǧamʿiyya al-taʾrīḫiyya al-Saʿūdīya, 3/6: 11-38.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRiyāḍ, King Saud University Museum
Support typeArtefact » Stela
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Unknown
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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CULTURAL NOTES

The goddess ḏt b-S¹mwy is attested in A-20-216, 2.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Saʿīd 2002 c: 12, fig. 1al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. 2002. Min Tadmur ilā Ǧawf al-Yaman : Naqš ʿarabī ǧanūbī aṣḥāb-hu min Tadmur. Magalla al-ǧamʿiyya al-taʾrīḫiyya al-Saʿūdīya, 3/6: 11-38.