CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Robin 2010 a: 373, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueCast
Chronology
PeriodD
Date267 Ḥim
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  Mbhl bn Tḥbb hqny w-
   2  bs²rn l-mrʾ-hw ʾln Rgbn
   3  ʿdy[ mḥ]rm-hw Ḫrfn ḥẓr—
   4  n ḏ-b-hgrn Ṣnʿ ḏt ʾrḍ
   5  s²ʿbn Ḏbḥn [b-ḏ]t hrd[ʾ]
   6  w-hws²ʿn Rgbn mrʾ-hw Ḏ—
   7  mrʿly ḏ-Rydn l-kl mn—
   8  gwt ḏ-tnḍʿ b-lb-hw w-b
   9  ḏt hwfy mʾdb-hw Mbl—
  10  l b-ywm wqh-hw mrʾ-h—
  11  w Ḏmrʿly l-rṣd b-hg—
  12  rn Ms³wlm [ḏ]-ʿrn Hdmn w-
  13  ʾln Rgbn f-l yʾḫrn w-[ʿ]—
  14  rm w-ṯbr s²nʾ w-[ḍ]r mrʾ-hm—
  15  w Ḏmrʿly w-mʾdb-hw [M]bhl
  16  w-ʾln Rgbn f-l ys²mn wfy
  17  w-ṣḥ m[rʾ-h]mw Ḏmrʿly ḏ-Ryd—
  18  n w-wfy w-ṣḥ mʾdb-hw M[b]hl
  19  w-ṣḥ w-ṣdq l-hmw wrḫ-hw [....] ḏ-
  20  b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-s¹bʿ w-s¹ṯy w-ṯty mʾtn

Apparatus
10Robin reads legge h(q)/(f)dmn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mbhl, son of Tḥbb, dedicated and
   2  announced to his Lord, the god Rgbn,
   3  in his temple Ḫrfn, the enclosed land,
   4  that in the city of Ṣanāʿ, that land
   5  of the tribe Ḏbḥn, because Rgbn helped
   6  and granted favour to his lord Ḏ-
   7  mrʿly, he of Raydān, in all the events
   8  that implored for his heart; and because
   9  he saved his servant Mbh-
  10  l when his lord Ḏmrʿly ordered him
  11  to guard the city
  12  of Ms³wlm of the citadel Hdmn. The
  13  god Rgbn might keep out,
  14  ruin, break the opponents and the enemies of their
  15  lord Ḏmrʿly and of his servant Mbhl.
  16  And the god Rgbn might give assurance of safety
  17  and health to their lord Ḏmrʿly, he of Raydān,
  18  and safety and health to his servant Mbhl,
  19  and health and justice to them. In the month [....] of the
  20  year two hundred sixty-seven.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Plaque
MaterialBronze
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal al-ʿAwd
Ancient siteʿwdm
Geographical areaJabal al-ʿAwd
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, Walter W. 2010: 10-11Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
Robin 2010 a: 371-373, fig. 1Robin, Christian J. 2010. Ḥimyarite Kings on Coinage. Pages 357-381 in Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen (eds). Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms. Studies in Ancient Arabian Monetization. New York: American Numismatic Society / New York: Oxford: Oxbow.