CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Robin 2014 b: 93, fig. 20

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodE
Textual typologyConstruction text (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  [... ...] (rm mwʿ)[... ...]
   2  [... ... Y](s¹)rm Yhnʿm w-bny-hw Ṯʾ[rn ʾyfʿ mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn]
   3  [w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Y]mnt w-l-ḫmr-hmw Mrʾ S¹(m)[yn ...]

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  ... ... ...
   2  ... ... Yā]sirum Yuhanʿim et son fils Thaʾ[rān Ayfaʿ rois de Sabaʾ, de dhu-Raydān,]
   3  [du Ḥaḍramawt et de Ya]mnat. Puisse leur accorder le seigneur du Ciel ...
Robin 2014 b: 62-63Robin, Christian J. 2014. Le roi ḥimyarite Thaʾran Yuhanʿim (avant 325–v. 375): stabilisation politique et reforme religieuse. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 41: 1-95.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteNāʿiṭ
Ancient siteNʿṭm
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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CULTURAL NOTES

This inscription is the most ancient monotheistic document from Yemen.
According to the editor, this inscription can be dated at the end of the decade 310-beginning decade 320 AD (cf. Robin 2014 b: 62).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 2014 b: 62-63, fig. 20Robin, Christian J. 2014. Le roi ḥimyarite Thaʾran Yuhanʿim (avant 325–v. 375): stabilisation politique et reforme religieuse. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 41: 1-95.