BaBa al-Ḥadd 5 Robin-Bron Banī Bakr 1
Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 79, pl. 5
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʾlṯwb ḏ-S²rḥʾl w-bn-hw Ms²ʾm[.]
2 bnw S³hmn brʾw w-hqḥ byt-hmw Ys³f [b]—
3 yt z-dhr-hw ḫms¹ Yhqm mlk S¹bʾ b-ywm
4 s²tʾ ʿly ʾs²ʿb ḏ-Rydn b-ḍrm b-ywm hwḍʾw
5 ʾhgr ʿlt w-gbʾw byt-hmw b-rdʾ ʾl-hmw
6 S²yʾn bʿl Ṯmr w-ʾs²ms¹-hmw w-[..]
7 [... ...]
| 3 | To be noted the spelling of the relative pronoun z instead of ḏ. |
| 3-4 | s¹bʾ (Robin and Bron). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlṯwb he of S²rḥʾl and his son Ms²ʾm[.] 2 descendants of S³hmn built and completed their house Ys³f, the house that 3 the army of Yhqm king of Sabaʾ burnt down, when 4 he brought about hostilities against the tribes of ḏu-Raydān in a war (and) when they were driven out (from) 5 the cities of ʿlt; they restored their house by the help of their god 6 S²yʾn Master of Ṯmr and their solar deities and . 7 [......] |
| 4 | the verb hwḍʾw could also mean "be destroyed" (Beeston et al. 1982: 156). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 40, w. 70 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Banī Bakr |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadd |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Ys³f |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The event of Yuhaqim's war against the tribes of dhu-Raydān dates back to the last decades of the 1st century AD.
The city of ʿUlla is mentioned in al-Hamdānī as a territory belonging to Sarū Ḥimyar.
Ṯmr can be identified with Jabal Ṯamar. The mountain was then the sacred place of the god S²yʾn.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh and Bāṭāyiʿ 1988: 69-70, pl. 5 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 1988. Nuqūš min al-Ḥadd. Raydān, 5: 61-80. [Arabic section] |
| Robin and Bron 1979: 137-142, pl. VIII | Robin, Christian J. and Bron, François 1979. Deux inscriptions sudarabique du Haut-Yafiʿ (Sud Yémen). Semitica, 29: 137-145. |