BaBa al-Ḥadd 8
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1994: 103, pl. 12/b
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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 | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Mʿdʾl w-Ḏrḥn w-ʿmʾmn bnw ḏ-S¹frm
2 ʾqwl s²ʿb(n) (S¹f)rm bqrw w-hnkl w-hqḥ |
3 kl ʿfr w-mbrʾ w-gyr l-ʾnḫl-hmw b-ġyln
4 Tfḍ b-(fnw) hg(rn) [...] b-ʿṯtr S²rqn w-b-ʿ—
5 m ḏ-Mbrqm w-[b-ḏt]y (Ḥ)[mym ʿ]ṯtry Bs³rm w-
6 ʾdhnm w-b (s²ms¹)-hmw [w-b ](m)rʾ-hmw ʿmdn B—
7 yn Yhqbḍ mlk S¹[bʾ] w-ḏ-Rydn w-b rd—
8 ʾ w-ʾḫyl mʾdbt-h[mw] (w)-s²ʿb-hmw S¹frm
| 5-6 | Reading by Robin (2012: 337). The editors read: w-[..]ṯy [... ...]ry. We are not sure that Bs³rm and ʾdhnm indicated sanctuaries. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mʿdʾl, Ḏrḥn and ʿmʾmn descendants of ḏ-S¹frm 2 ʾqwl of the tribe S¹frm excavated, finished off and completed 3 the whole operation, construction and plastering for their palmgroves in the water-course of 4 Tfḍ that is in front of the city of [...]; by ʿṯtr S²rqn and by ʿmm 5 ḏ-Mbrqm and ḏty Ḥmym the two mistresses of 6 ʾdhnm and Bs³rm and their solar deity, and by their lord ʿmdn 7 Byn Yhqbḍ king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and by the help 8 and the power of their vassals and their tribe S¹frm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 58, w. 48 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣanāʿ Âl Zayn |
| Ancient site | Ṣnʿ |
| Geographical area | Yafiʿ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Canal Tfḍ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
For the interesting invocation to ḏty (sic!) Ḥmym ʿṯtry Bs³rm w-ʾdhnm, see also the inscription Laḥj n° 61.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1994: 96-101, pl. 12/a | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1994. Naqšān ǧadīdān min al‐Ḥadd. Raydān, 6: 89-103. |
| Robin 2012: 337 | Robin, Christian J. 2012. ʿṯtr au féminin en Arabie méridionale. Pages 333-366 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. [Annexe 1: Un réexamen de CIAS (sic!) I, 206 (Ch. Robin); Annexe 2: Trois inscriptions inédites des Missions Qatabān et Haut-Yāfiʿ (Ch. Robin, M. Arbach, A. Bāṭāyaʿ, I. Gajda, Kh. al-Ḥajj, M. Sālim, J. Schiettecatte)] |