CIH 955+CIH 418 CIH 418; CIH 955; Gl 927; Gl 926
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Gl 927=CIH 955; Gl 926=CIH 418 |
TEXT
1 [Ṣbḥm bn Yṯ]ʿkrb fqḍn ḏ-Mḏ[m](r)n hqny ʾlmq[h ḏn s¹ṭrn ywm s²ym-hw S¹mhʿly]
2 fqḍn ʾs²ʿbn bn ʿrn ʿmln l-mbny w-ʿ(ḏ)bt kl mnqltn w-(k)l ms¹bʾ s¹bʾ ln |
3 ḫlf ʿrn ʿmln ʿd ḫlf M(r)yb w-yhṯb l-hw mrʾ-hw S¹mhʿly w-ms¹ḫnt-[h]w w-
4 ʿhrw Fys²n tʾmnm b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt-Ḥmym w-b ḏt-Bʿdn w-b Yṯʿʾmr
5 w-b Ydʿʾl w-b S¹mhʿly w-b ʾb-hw Yṯʿkrb fqḍn w-wḍʾ Ṣbḥm s¹ṭr-[hw ... ...]
| 1 | Höfner integrates the last word with [mrʾ-hw]. |
| 4 | likely integration with the formula: w-wḍʾ Ṣbḥm s¹tr-[hw b-ʾḏn ʾlmqh]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣbḥm son of Yṯʿkrb, fqḍn of Mḏmrn, dedicated to ʾlmqh this inscription, when S¹mhʿly appointed him 2 as fqḍn of the tribes from the citadel of ʿmln, for the construction and the restoration of all the mountain paths and the whole road that goes from 3 the gate of the citadel ʿmln to the gate of Mryb; and his lord S¹mhʿly and his landlord and the nobles of 4 Fys²n expressed gratitude to him. By ʿṯtr, ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdn and by Yṯʿʾmr, 5 Ydʿʾl and S¹mhʿly and by his father Yṯʿkrb, the fqḍn. And Ṣbḥm dedicated his inscription [... ...]. |
| 1 | The verb s¹bʾ is morphologically singular, from which our translation. Alternative interpretation (also by the editors): "and all the roads going from ...". |
| 4 | "Und es veröffentlichte Ṣbḥm [seine] Inschrift" (editors). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Mashjaḥ |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1976: 8-11, pl. III/2 | Höfner, Maria 1976. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (II Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 12. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 304/5). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Wissmann 1982: 346-349, fig. 110 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |