CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1972: pl. I
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodD

TEXT


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   1  w-mqm ʾl-hmw (W)d[m] ḏ-(S¹)mʿn w-S²ʿbm w-s²ym-hmw Wdm ḏ-(Yfʿn) (w)-(s²)[m]—
   2  s¹-hmw w-rbʿ-hmw Ḫrf (ʿ)tq((Ḫrf (w)-Tq)) w-b-rdʾ-w-mqm mrʾ-hmw ʾls²rḥ
   3  Yḥḍb w-bny-hw Wtrm ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-b-ʾqwl-hmw Ṯ—
   4  (wbʾl) (Yhḥm)[d] [w-.](y)dm Yh[.]gr ʾly Mʾḏnm

Apparatus
2The interpretation of the words ḫrf ʿtq (or: wtq) is very uncertain.

TRANSLATIONS

English

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   1  and the power of their god Wdm ḏ-S¹mʿn and S²ʿbm and their patron Wdm ḏ-Yfʿn and their
   2  Solar deity and their Lunar deity Ḫrf and Tq (or: Ḫrf ʿtq) and by the help of their lord ʾls²rḥ
   3  Yḥḍb and his son Wtrm kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and by their ʾqwl
   4  Ṯwbʾl Yhḥmd and [.]ydm Yh[.]gr those of Mʾḏnm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḌulaʿ
Ancient siteḌlʿm
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1972: 514-517, pl. IGarbini, Giovanni 1972. Iscrizioni sabee da Ḍulaʿ. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 32: 513-518, pl. I-II.