CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

DAI Barʾān 2000-1


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT


   1  (S²)[ʿrm ʾwt]r mlk S¹bʾ [w-ḏ]
   2  Rydn [bn ʿlh]n Nhfn mlk[ S¹]—
   3  [b](ʾ) hqny ʾlmqh bʿl Ms¹kt w-(Yṯ)[w] (B)[r]—
   4  [ʾn ṣlm](n)[... ...]
   5  [... ...](n) ḏ-ḫr(s²)[ b](n )(Qrytm) ḏt Khlm((Qrytm ḏt Khlm)) y—
   6  wm ḍbʾ Ḫwln w-ʾs²ʿrn w-Yrfʾ w-Ḏḫrn
   7  w-ḏ-bn ʾydw S¹whrn w-Kdt w-Qrytm w-h—
   8  rg bn hmt ʾs²ʿbn mhrgm w-s¹bym ḏ-ʿ—
   9  [s¹]m w-hʾtw Rbʿt bn Mʿwyt ḏ-ʾl Ṯwr—
  10  [m ml]k Kdt w-Qḥṭn ʿdy hgrn Ṣn—
  11  [ʿw ... ...]

Apparatus
4After ṣlmn, Nebes integrates: ḏ-ḏhbn.
11Traces of letters are visible on the line.

TRANSLATIONS

Nebes 2004
German

   1  Šā[ʿirum ʾAwt]ar, der König von Sabaʾ [und ḏū]
   2  Rydan, [der Sohn des ʿAlh]ān Nahfān, des König von
   3  [Sa]baʾ, hat dem ʿAlmaqah, dem Herrn von Maskat wa-Yaṯ[wī]
   4  Ba[rʾān], die [Statue aus Bronz]e [und .... (Beute)]
   5  gewidmet, die er aus Qaryatum ḏāt Kāhilim mitgeführt hatte,
   6  als er gegen Ḫawlān, die ʾAšʿarān, (gegen) Yrfaʾ, Ḏaḫirān,
   7  (gegen) einige Stammesverbände (der Einwohner) von Sāhiratān, (gegen) die Kiddat und (gegen) Qaryatum (zu Felde) gezogen war. Er
   8  tötete von den genannten Stämmen eine (große) Anzahl und (machte) viele Gefangene.
   9  Er brachte den Rabīʿat, den Sohn des Muāwiyat, aus der Sippe
  10  Ṯawr[um, den Köni]g der Kiddat und Qaḥṭān, in die Stadt
  11  Ṣan[ʿaw ...]
Nebes 2004: 274-275Nebes, Norbert 2004. Ein Feldzugsbericht des Šāʿirum ʾAwtar in einer neuen Widmungsinschrift aus dem Barʾān-Tempel. Pages 281-283 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Scripta Yemenica. Issledovanija po Južnoj Aravii. Sbornik naučnyh statej v čest' 60-letija M.B. Piotrovskogo. Moscow: Vostochna.
CSAI
English

   1  S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and ḏu
   2  Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of
   3  Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Lord of Ms¹kt w-Yṯw Brʾn
   4  the statue [... ...]
   5  [... ...] that he carried from Qryt ḏt Khlm,
   6  when he fought Ḫwln and the ʾs²ʿrn and Yrfʾ and Ḏḫrn
   7  and some tribal groups of S¹whrn and Kinda and Qrytm and
   8  among those tribes killed and made prisoners in great numbers
   9  and he brought Rbʿt son of Mʿwyt of the clan Ṯwrm
  10  king of Kinda and Qḥṭn to the town of
  11  Ṣnʿw [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 32, w. 29, th. 16
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-ʿAmāyid / ʿArsh Bilqīs
Ancient siteBrʾn
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl Ms¹kt w-Yṯw Brʾn
NotesFound during the excavations of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in 2000, outside the mudbrick wall near the northern entrance of the temple.
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CULTURAL NOTES

History
The text, in the frame of a dedication to ʾlmqh, celebrated the victorious campaigns of the king S²ʿrm ʾwtr against different tribes in southern and central Arabia and the deportation to Ṣanʿāʾ of Rbʿt son of Mʿwyt, king of Kinda and Qaḥṭān.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Nebes 2004: 273-281Nebes, Norbert 2004. Ein Feldzugsbericht des Šāʿirum ʾAwtar in einer neuen Widmungsinschrift aus dem Barʾān-Tempel. Pages 281-283 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Scripta Yemenica. Issledovanija po Južnoj Aravii. Sbornik naučnyh statej v čest' 60-letija M.B. Piotrovskogo. Moscow: Vostochna.