Ja 540
By kind permission of Chr.J. Robin
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ bn Ydʿʾl ʿs¹[y w-bny l-mrʾ-h Wqhʾl]
2 [ḏn ʾdbn ḏ-Wqhʾl gwlm w-]ʾl tʿly l-ʾwṯn-h [..]
3 (ḥ)g s¹ṭr Ḏmr(wqh) w-ʿs¹y-[h ʾḫry ʾdbn ʾdb Wqhʾ]—
4 [l wr*ḫ*m ḏ-S¹ḥr ḏ-*r*]s²wt My(ṯ)ʿm bn Ḥzfrm
5 Ḏmrwqh
| 1-4 | Between square brackets, Jamme’s reading. The text is no longer readable on the rock. |
| 2 | At the end of the line: w-(b)- (Jamme). |
| 2-3 | This text shows one of the few ancient sabaic occurrences of masc. suffix pronoun -h. |
| 4 | Engraver's mistake "wrḏm". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ, son of Ydʿʾl, acquired and built for his son Wqhʾl 2 this ʾdbn ḏ-Wqhʾl with full ownership rights - and let there be no violation thereof - up to its boundaries, and 3 according to the document of Ḏmrwqh; and he has acquired it in addition to the ʾdb that Wqhʾ ‒ 4 ʾl had erected during the month of S¹ḥr, that of the priesthood of Myṯʿm ibn Ḥzfrm 5 Ḏmrwqh. |
| 1 | "für seinen Herren" (Stein 2003 a: 215). |
| 3 | "als anderen ʾdb" (Müller in Wissmann); Stein (2003 a: 215): ʾḫry "nach"(?). |
| Stein 2003 a | 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 | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Awsaṭ |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1955 g: 269-270, pl. I | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions des alentours de Mâreb (Yémen). Cahiers de Byrsa, 5: 265-281. |
| Lundin 1963 b: 207-209 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1963. ʾIl très-haut dans les inscriptions sud-arabe. Le Muséon, 76: 207-209. |
| Wissmann 1982: 77-78, fig. 8(facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |