Bayt as-Sayyid 2
Inscription
Garbini 1970 b: pl. 46
Image free from copyright
Garbini 1970 b: pl. 46
Image free from copyright
- Inscription
Garbini 1970 b: pl. 46
Image free from copyright - Upper view
Garbini 1970 b: pl. 45/b
Image free from copyright
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
| ||
| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Krbʿṯt w-bn-hw Yḥmʾl w-S¹ʿdʾl w-bny-hmw ʾws¹ʾl bnw Ḫṯm(n) Dbʿn ʾdm bny S¹ḫymm
2 hḥdṯw m(q)f s²(ms¹)-hmw b-mlʾ-h w-mlʾ s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Kbdm l-wfy-hmw w-wfy ʾb[... ...]
| 1 | Garbini considered bny as a plural and therefore ʾws¹ʾl as a name of group, but altrady Beeston noted that bny+suffix pronoun in Middle Sabaic can be a singular. |
| 2 | According to Garbini, the text ends with ʾb. Jamme proposed instead two possible restorations: ʾb[ʿl byt-hmw] "the masters of their house", or ʾb[yt-hmw] "their houses". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Krbʿṯt and his son Yḥmʾl and S¹ʿdʾl and their son ʾws¹ʾl, of the family Ḫtmn Dbʿn, servants of the family S¹ḫymm, 2 built the altar of their solar deity, by Her favour and the favour of their patron Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Kbdm, for their safety and the safety of [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Offering table » With plain gutter |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt as-Sayyid |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Banū Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1970 b: 547-548, pls 45/b-46 | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548. |
| Jamme 1972: 111-112 | 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] |
| Beeston 1972 b: 357 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1972. Sabaean Marginalia. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 32/3: 394-400. |
| Maraqten 1994: 169 | Maraqten, Mohammed 1994. Typen altsüdarabischer Altäre. Pages 160-177 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |