MS Dār aš-Šarīf 1
al-Salami 2011: 209, fig. 29
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Rbm ʾḫṭr w-Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd w-Nms²m Yrḫm bnw Gdnm w-Ḥbtlm w-Zb[nr ... ...]
2 Yʿrr bn Ḥbtlm gnʾw w-brʾ w-hs²qrn w-ṯwbn w-s²rʿ mṯldt[ ... ... w-mḥ]—
3 fdt hgr-hmw ʿtkn b-mqm mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-[Rydn bn ʿlhn ]
4 Nhfn mlk S¹bʾ w-rṯdw kl ʾs¹ṭrn bn ḫs³s³m [... ...]
5 bm w-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn w-Ḥgrm Qḥmm w-mrʾ-hmw S²[ʿrm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn]
| 2 | Yʿrr could be a patronymic. |
| 4 | Al-Salami reads ḫs¹s¹m, the normal form of the noun, but the reading ḫs³s³m is sure: interesting attestation of the shift s¹ to s³. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbm ʾḫṭr, Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, and Nms²m Yrḫm of the clans Gdnm, Ḥbtlm and Zb[nr ... ...] 2 Yʿrr of the family Ḥbtlm, walled, constructed, finished, repaired, and erected the (stone) slabs, [... ... and the to]- 3 wers of their city ʿtkn, by the power of their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-[Raydān, the son of ʿlhn ] 4 Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ. They entrusted the whole inscription against damages [... ...] 5 and ʾlmqh Ṯhwn and Ḥgrm Qḥmm and their lord S²[ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān]. |
| 2 | mṯldt is a hapax in ASA. Al-Salami finds a possible comparaison in the Eth. saledā "tablet, slab". The hypothesis by Al-Salami is uncertain, the Eth. saledā is a loanword from Greek selis "column of writing". |
| al-Salami 2011: 54 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. 102 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Dār ash-Sharīf |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Jiḥāna |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 53-56, fig. 29 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
| Rijziger 2017 b: 239, 243 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2. |