CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 120 a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [... ...ʾ]l bn ʾls²rḥ bn[.]
   2  [... ...] hqny s²ms¹-hmw ṣlmn
   3  [... ...] ʾḥll hrg bn s²ʿbn Ḥ—
   4  [m]yrm w-Ḥḍrmwt w-ʿrbn
   5  b-ḍr ḍrrw ʾmlk S¹bʾ ʾln
   6  [ʾ]s²ʿbn w-l s¹ʿd-hw nʿmtm
   7  w-bry ʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-[ʿ]—
   8  s¹m ʾḥllm w-ġnmtm w-ml[t]—
   9  m w-l s²wf-hmw bn bʾs¹tm [w-]
  10  [n]ḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] son of ʾls²rḥ [... ...]
   2  dedicated to their solary deity the statue
   3  [... ...] spoils which he killed among Ḥ-
   4  myrm, Ḥḍrmwt and the beduins
   5  in the war which the kings of Sabaʾ waged against those
   6  tribes. May He grant him prosperity
   7  health of faculties, material resources, numerous
   8  spoils, booty, loot;
   9  may He save them from harm
  10  maleficence, malice of any enemy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 34.5, w. 22
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Dughaysh
Ancient siteḤdqn
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 29-30, photos 120 a, bBauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]