CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Grjaznevič 1998: fig. 113

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [ʾ]lwfd ʾws²ʿ [... ...]
   2  Ġzwn bnw Gz[... hqny]—
   3  w s²ym-hmw Tʿl(b) [Rym]—
   4  m bʿl Ẓbyn (ḏ)[n ṣlmn]
   5  ḥmdm b-ḏt ṣdq w-[hw]—
   6  fyn ʿbd-hw ʾlwfd [b-k—
   7  l] (ʾ)mlʾ w-tbs²r s¹[tml]—
   8  (ʾ) b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḏt y[zʾn]
   9  Tʾlb ṣdq w-hwfyn [ʿbd]-
  10  (hw) ʾlwfd b-kl ʾml[ʾ y]—
  11  s¹tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l [s¹ʿ]—
  12  (d)-(hmw) rḍw-hw w-rḍ[w ʾ]—
  13  mrʾ-hmw b(ny) (S¹ḫ)y[mm ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlwfd ʾws²ʿ [... ...]
   2  Ġzwn of the family Gz[... dedicated]
   3  to their Patron Tʾlb Rym-
   4  m, Lord of Ẓbyn, this statue
   5  in praise because he had gratified and had granted
   6  His favour to His servant ʾlwfd in all the
   7  oracles and good news he requested from Him.
   8  And may Tʾlb continue
   9  to gratify and grant His favour to His servant
  10  ʾlwfd in all the oracles they will seek from Him;
  11  and may He grant His goodwill to them
  12  and the goodwill
  13  of their lords, the family of S¹ḫ[ymm... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 57, w. 21, th. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Dughaysh
Ancient siteḤdqn
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Ẓbyn of Tʾlb.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 27-28, fig. 113Bauer, 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]