RES 3958
Jamme 1972: pl. 16
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Measure of letters | 8.3 | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln qyl Rdmn w-Ḫ—
2 wln bql w-ḥyf w-ns²ʾ w-wdn w-ḥrr w-brʾ kl ḥrt
3 s¹r-hmw Mltntm w-kl nqbt-hw w-ʾs²ṣn-hw w-ʾbʾr-hw
4 w-ms¹qt-hw w-bql kl bql w-ʾʿlb w-ʾbwn kwn ws¹—
5 ṭ-hw bn-mw ʿly-hw ʿd s¹fl-hw b-rdʾ w-mqm ʿṯtr S²—
6 rqn w-S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm w-ʿm ḏ-Dwnm bʿl ʿqbt Wʿln w-ʿ—
7 m ḏ-Mbrqm bʿl S¹lym w-Lmmm w-b-rdʾ ʿtr bʿl Ṣnʿ—
8 tm w-b-r[dʾ] Wdm bʿl Mṯwl w-b-rdʾ mrʾ-hmw ʾlʿz
9 Ylṭ mlk Ḥḍrmwt bn ʿmḏḫr w-b-rdʾ mnḍḥy-hmw
10 ḏt Bʿdn w-Ẓhrn w-b-rdʾ s²ms¹-hmw ʿlyt bʿlt ʿr S²—
11 ḥrrm w-S²ms¹m bʿlt qyf Wynn w-ʿlfqn w-b-rdʾ w-ḫ—
12 yl s²ʿb-hmw Rdmn w-Ḫwln w-kl ḏ-yqhn bnw Mʿhr w-
13 bytnyhn Hrn w-Hrn w-kwn ḏn s¹rn ẓrb w-mqny bny Mʿhr |
14 w-ḏ-Ḫwln wrḫ-s¹ Ṣyd ḏ-l-ʾrbʿt w-ʾrbʿhy w-mʾt ḫryftm
| 2 | w-yns²ʾ (RES). |
| 7 | ḏ-Mbrwm (RES). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd, of the family Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, qyl of Rdmn and 2 Ḫwln planted, terraced, built up, prepared the fields, constructed and built all the canals 3 of their valley Mltntm and all its channels, its walls, its wells, 4 and its irrigation; he planted all the plantation, ʿilb-trees, bān-trees, which are inside it 5 from its top to its lowland, with the help and the power of ʿṯtr S²rqn, 6 S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm, ʿmm ḏ-Dwnm, Lord of the fortress Wʿln, and ʿmm 7 ḏ-Mbrqm, Lord of S¹lym and Lmmm; with the help of ʿṯtr, Lord of Ṣnʿtm; 8 with the help of Wdm, Lord of Mṯwl; with the help of their lord ʾlʿz 9 Ylṭ, king of Ḥaḍramawt, son of ʿmḏḫr; with the help of their two tutelary deities 10 ḏt Bʿdn and Ẓhrn; with the help of their solar deities ʿlyt, Lady of the citadel of 11 S²ḥrrm, and S²ms¹m, Lady of the stela of Wynn and ʿlfqn; with the help and the might 12 of their tribe Rdmn and Ḫwln and of all who are under the orders of the banū Mʿhr and 13 of the two houses Hrn and Hrn. This valley was ownership and possession of the banū Mʿhr 14 and ḏ-Ḫwln. In the month Ṣyd of the year one hundred forty-four. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 94, w. 120 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd al-Qarnayn |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The tribe of Radmān is under the power of Ḥaḍramawt.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1972: 63, pl. 16 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206336#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 14-15 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |