Gar nuove iscrizioni 4
Garbini 1973 a: pl. IV
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Whbm (Ytf) w-ḥs²kt-hw[ bt]
2 Lqyṭt w-ʾlwd-hmy [... ...] ʾ[l]—
3 ht G(ʾ)nn w-ḏ-ʾbs²rn |
4 w-ḏ-Mfzm w-ḏ-Ms²ṭyn |
5 w-ḏ-Mbryn brʾw w-hq—
6 s²bn byt-hmw S²bʿn b-
7 rdʾ Rḥmnn bʿl s¹myn l-ḫmr-
8 hmw qdmm w-ʿ(b)[rm] ks³ḥ[m ʾ]mn
9 wrḫ-hw ḏ-Mḏrʾn [ḏ-l s¹b]ʿt (ʿ)s² r w-[s¹ṯmʾtm]
| 2 | after ʾlwd-hmy there might be only one proper name (which is not unusual in Late Sabaic inscriptions), or even a blank space. |
| 4 | ḏ-Mfzm (Beeston 1980 a: 26); ḏ-Bfzm (Garbini). |
| 8 | Garbini ʿḏ[rm]; the integration ks³[ḥ]m is based on Ibrahim al-Hudayd 1/10. On the basis of that inscription, we can also suggest an integration of ʾmn as following word, like Beeston 1980 a: 21 had already thought. Jamme 1976 reads ʿḏrm ks³ḥ (mḫm)n. |
| 9 | Garbini reads: [ḏ-l-s¹b]ʿt ʿs²r w-[s¹ṯ mʾtm]; however, also: [ḏ-l-t]s¹ʿt is possible. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Whbm Ytf and his wife, daughter of 2 Lqyṭt and their sons [... ...] those of 3 Gʾnn and ḏ-ʾbs²rn, 4 ḏ-Mfzm, ḏ-Ms²ṭyn, 5 ḏ-Mbryn, built and completed 6 their house S²bʿn. With 7 the help of Rḥmnn, the Master of heaven. May He grant 8 them a pure arrival and a depart. Amen. 9 The month of Mḏrʾn of the year six hundred sixteen (or nineteen). |
| Beeston: qdmm ʿḏrm as "a first-born and succeding generations" and ks³ḥm as "clean > well-ordered". He also suggests an optional interpretation: "a pure life in both the near and the remote future". Jamme 1976, following his different reading, had suggested: "braves and young girls [who] were taken away from the nomads". Gajda 2004 a: 201, prefers: "<une vie> honorable ici-bas et au-délà". |
| Gajda 2004 a | Gajda, Iwona 2004. Une nouvelle inscription juive de Ẓafār. Pages 197-202 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Scripta Yemenica. Issledovanija po Južnoj Aravii. Sbornik naučnyh statej v čest' 60-letija M.B. Piotrovskogo. Moscow: Vostochna. |
| Jamme 1976 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 42, w. 62 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt al-Ashwāl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Ẓafār |
| Ancient site | Ẓfr |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house S²bʿn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1973 a: 45-46, pl. IV | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Nuove iscrizioni sabee. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/1: 31-46. |
| Gajda 1997: 71-72 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |
| Beeston 1980 a | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1980. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography II. Raydān, 3: 17-26. |
| Jamme 1976 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |