CIH 366 b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| CIH 366 was restored on the basis of fragments of various copies of the same inscription found in situ or reemployed in the wall of ʾlmqh's temple in Ṣirwāḥ. Three main original versions of the text have been recognized: CIH 366 a, CIH 366 b, CIH 366 b'. In the image: Fa 7 (=Fresnel 8=Pirenne 1956: pl. XII/e ) + Pirenne 1956: pl. XIII/d' + Pirenne 1956: pl. XIII/d + Fa 19 + Pirenne 1956: pl. XIII/c, plus Wissmann 1982: fig. 46. For other fragments related to CIH 366 see the general notes to CIH 366 a. |
TEXT
1 [Ydʿʾl Ḏ]±rḥ bn S¹mhʿl±[y mkrb S¹b]±ʾ gnʾ byt ʾlmqh ywm ±[hʿ .]±bn w-hwṣt kl gwm ḏ-ʾl±[m ]±w-s²ym±[m]± w-ḏ ḥblm ±[w-ḥmrm b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt-Ḥmym]
| 1 | Wissmann's edition. Wissmann restores ywm [hʿ .]bn, but the lacuna was probably longer. At the end, one could also restore w-b ʿṯtr-s²ymm (cf. CIH 366 a). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ son of S¹mhʿly, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, built the temple of ʾlmqh, when [... ...] and he founded all the community, that of the god and Patron and of the territory and people; for ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh and ḏt Ḥmym. |
| For the "pact of alliance" formula, other translations have been proposed: "the god and the patron, the territory and the population", or "the god and the patron, the state and the federation". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1956: pls XII/e, XIII/c, d, d' | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Wissmann 1982: 204-205, fig. 46 (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.)] |