CIAS 95.11/o 2 n° 2 Ja 878; Q 910; CSAI II, 12
CIAS: ii, 187
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Measure of letters | 0.4 | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription can be dated more precisely for the mention of the Sabaean prince Yhqm (here with the royal title), who has been attested in the corpus of Maḥrām Bilqīs before (cf. Ja 644). |
TEXT
1 [Ḍrn ḏ-](H)ṣbḥ w-Ḫrf w-Ḍrn w-Gmlm [... ...]
2 [s¹qn](y) ʾl-s¹ w-mrʾ-s¹ ʿm ḏ-Ẓrm bʿl S²y[ḥm]
3 [b-](S²)bʿn ḥg tkrb-s¹ w-l-ḏt hwfy ʿm Ḍr[n]
4 [b-]kl s¹bʾt s¹bʾ Ḍrn b-ʿm mrʾ-hmw Y(hq)[m]
5 [bn Ḏ]mrʿly Ḏrḥ mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn[ ... ...]
6 [... ... rṯ](d) Ḍrn mqm-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-ḏ-l-[s¹ ... ...]
7 [... ... ](bn ms¹fʾym w)-(ms¹n)[krm ... ...]
| 2-3 | CIAS and Avanzini 2004 integrate: bʿl S²y[ʿn]-[w-S²]bʿn; the integration we propose is suggested by Robin 2005-2006 a: 69. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḍrn he of Hṣbḥ and Ḫrf and Ḍrn and Gmlm [... ...] 2 dedicated to his god and lord ʿm ḏ-Ẓrm lord of S²yḥm 3 at S²bʿn, in respect of what he had asked Him, and because ʿm protected Ḍrn 4 in all the undertakings Ḍrn undertook together with their lord Yhqm 5 son of Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ king of Sabaʾ and ḏ-Rydn [... ...] 6 Ḍrn has committed his material resources and his faculties and what he owns [... ...] 7 against everyone who may damage or move it [... ...]. |
| Avanzini 2004 a: 521-522 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 213 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28, w. 31 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḍarāwiʿ |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shirjān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿm ḏ-Ẓrm bʿl S²yḥm b-S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 185-188, 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. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Avanzini 2004 a | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
| Robin 2005-2006 a | Robin, Christian J. 2005-2006. Les banū Haṣbaḥ, princes de la commune de Maḍḥām. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 31-110. |