CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Catalogue 2000: 278, fig. 21

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [n]kl Lḥyʿṯt S¹bʾyn
   2  [l]-S²ms¹ ʾlht
   3  ʾbbhṯ ʾṯt
   4  Tbʿm w-s¹mw ʾltn ʾġn—
   5  m ḥg-n tḥlfy w-ḥd w-{t}
   6  tqbn w-s¹ʿd-h nʿmtm
   7  Tbʿm bn
   8  Ṣbḥm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Work of Lḥyʿṯt the Sabaean
   2  for S²ms, goddess of
   3  ʾbbhṯ, wife of
   4  Tbʿm. And he offered to the goddess (his booty)
   5  as the two of them had sworn,
   6  interdicted and vowed. And may (the deity) grant favour to her (him?).
   7  Tbʿm ibn
   8  Ṣbḥm.
"Has made [this] Lḥyʿṯt" (Jamme).
"and he had presented the goddess with goats because both of them were bound together by an oath and confined and had entered a round pavillon, and it [=the deity] had made him happy with prosperity Tbʿm bn Ṣbḥm" (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 386
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with scene
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 20.6, w. 10.5, th. 4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteTanʿim
Ancient siteTnʿmt
Geographical areaKhawlān al-Ṭiyāl
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

CIAS: i, 35-37, 453-454 (photo)Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes:
Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités;
Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités
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Jamme 1985: 250-252Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Catalogue 2000: 276, cat. 212000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira.
Simpson 2002: 95, cat. 99Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London]
Antonini de Maigret 2014: 234-235, fig. 1.Antonini de Maigret, Sabina 2014. A winged deity in southern Arabia. Pages 234-243 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow.