Gr 137 Ḥadaqān 26
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 130
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (Ḥy)wm w-Ygʿr (w)-(b)[n-h]—
2 my S¹ʿd[s²]ms¹m w-[..]
3 [..] ʾdm bny Bq[lm]
4 hqnyw s²ym-hmw [T]—
5 ʾlb Rymm bʿl [Ẓb]—
6 yn ṣlmn ḥg-(n wq)[h]-
7 hmw b-ms¹ʾl-hw [l-q]—
8 bly hwklt s¹tw[kl]—
9 w b-kn mrḍ Ygʿr [b-w] —
10 [r]ḫ ʿln ḫrf Rzn[.]
11 [..]b Yhs³ḥm w-nk[r]
12 [T]ʾlb b-ʿly Ḥywm
13 [w]-ʾḫrw hqnyn-hw [h]—
14 yt hqnytn w-Tʾ[lb]
15 f-s²ft ʾdm-hw k-y[... ...]
16 n-hw bn hyt ḫṭ[ʾ]—
17 [n] w-l-wfy-hmw b-Tʾlb [Ry]—
18 mm
| 2-3 | The editor reads: w-T[.]-[..]. |
| 10-11 | The name seems to be the name of an eponym. An integration before the b at the line 11 is not possible. |
| 11 | At the end the editor reads nk[.]. |
| 16-17 | The editor reads: ḫṭʾ[t], but the noun must be determinate. It could be: ḫṭ[ʾtn]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥywm and Ygʿr and their children 2 S¹ʿds²ms¹ and ... 3 subjects of the family Bqlm 4 dedicated to their Patron 5 Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Ẓb- 6 yn the statue as He commanded 7 them in His oracle for 8 the favour they sought 9 when Ygʿr was sick in 10 the month ʿln of the year of Rzn[..] 11 [..] Yhs³ḥm; and Tʾlb 12 punished Ḥywm 13 since they delayed in dedicating Him 14 that dedication, then Tʾlb 15 promised them that ... 16 from that sin 17 and for their safety. By Tʾlb Ry- 18 mm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 79, w. 21, th. 13 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt Dughaysh |
| Ancient site | Ḥdqn |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | From the Bayt al-Ḥajj Ḥusayn al-Muṭīʿ, in the surroundings of Ḥdqn. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb bʿl Ẓbyn. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 33-34, photo 130 | Bauer, 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] |