SR - PC 1
Rijziger 2017 b: 239-241, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (ʿ)w(f)ṣdqm Yzd bn[...]
2 ḥ(b)s²y Rbm ʾḫṭr w-H—
3 ʿn ʾs¹ʿd bny Gdnm w-Ḥbtl—
4 m w-Zbnr hqny S²ms¹m s¹ʾr ṣ—
5 lmtn ḏt ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt hw
6 s²ʿt-hw S²ms¹m b-m(h)r(g) w-ġn—
7 m b-kl ʾbrṯ s¹bʾ w-s²wʿ mrʾy-hw
8 Rbm ʾḫṭr w-Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd bny Gd—
9 [n]m w-Ḥbtlm w-Zbnr w-l-wzʾ S²—
10 [m]s¹m s¹ʿd-hw ʾḥllm w-(ġ)nm—
11 [m] w-ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hw Rb—
12 [m] ʾḫṭr w-Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd bn(y) G—
13 [d]nm w-Ḥbtlm w-Zbn(r)
14 w-b-S²ms¹m
| 11 | The r of wrḍw is inscribed over an erroneous ḥ. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 (ʿ)w(f)ṣdqm Yzd, son of [...], 2 military official of Rbm ʾḫṭr and 3 Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, members of Gdnm and Ḥbtlm 4 and Zbnr, has dedicated to S²ms¹m this other (?) 5 statuette of bronze out of gratitude because 6 S²ms¹m granted him the favour of spoils and booty 7 in all battles he undertook and served his lords 8 Rbm ʾḫṭr and Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, members of Gdnm 9 and Ḥbtlm and Zbnr, and that S²ms¹m may continue to 10 grant him spoils and booty 11 and the goodwill and satisfaction of his lords 12 Rbm ʾḫṭr and Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, members of 13 Gdnm and Ḥbtlm and Zbnr, 14 <by ...>(?) and by S²ms¹m! |
| Rijziger 2017 b: 239-241 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Arḥab |
| Ancient site | Mdrm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S²ms¹m |
| Notes | According to its owner, the inscription comes from Ṣirwāḥ or Marib. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
bny Gdnm w-Ḥbtlm w-Zbnr: according to the editor "there must have been an alliance between the three clans".
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rijziger 2017 b: 239-241, fig. 1 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2. |