Ag 3 Buraʿ 2
al-Aġbarī 2013: 179, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʾbydʿ Yws²ʿ ḏ-Ḍrn w-Gmln
2 w-ʾḥrm ʿqb Dtnt tqdm m—
3 qṣʿtn ḏt ʿṣbyn l-ṣhrm
4 mqldtn l-mqḥ ʾmrʾ-hmw (S¹ʿ)dm
5 Yhs¹kr w-bny-hw ʾlht Hṣ—
6 bḥ w-ʾln bʿl s¹myn l-yrdʾn-hmw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbydʿ Yws²ʿ, he of Ḍrn, Gmln 2 and ʾḥrm, administrator of Dtnt, directed the covering, 3 that with polished stones, for the cladding 4 of the basins, for the satisfaction of their lords S¹ʿdm 5 Yhs¹kr and his sons, those of the clan Hṣ- 6 bḥ, and may ʾln Master of heaven help them. |
| 2-4 | "the extraction of the carved panels for the cladding docks of the basins" (the editor). "pour l'enduit des bassins pour la satisfaction de leurs seigneurs" (Robin). |
| 3 | According to A. Avanzini, ṣhrm can be interpreted as a Qatabanic masdar form. |
| al-Aġbarī 2013: 174 | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda taḥtawī ʿalāʾ aqdam naqš tawḥīdī muʾarraḫ. Raydān, 8: 167-183. |
| Robin 2005-2006 a: 50 | Robin, Christian J. 2005-2006. Les banū Haṣbaḥ, princes de la commune de Maḍḥām. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 31-110. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 43, w. 70 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḍayq Buraʿ al-Aʿlā |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Buraʿ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The author of the inscription is the administrator of the Dathina, which implies that the Haṣbaḥites and their tribe of Maḍḥī have authority on this territory (cf. Robin 2005-2006: 47).
This is perhaps one of the oldest monotheistic inscriptions attested in South Arabia. Its author is the father of the subject who commissioned the text Ag 2, which is dated to 388 Maḍḥī and has also a monotheistic character.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 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. |
| al-Aġbarī 2013: 174, fig. 2 | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda taḥtawī ʿalāʾ aqdam naqš tawḥīdī muʾarraḫ. Raydān, 8: 167-183. |