CIAS 95.41/o 3
CIAS: i, 213
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾdm-b(ny) Mw—
2 rḥm hqnyw Ḥ—
3 grm bʿl-Dn—
4 m ṣlmn w-m—
5 mwn w-hwfy-
6 (h)mw bn-s¹bʾ—
7 t ʾrḍ-ḏ-Mrf
| 7 | Mrf might the name of a clan. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The vassals of the banū 2 Mwrḥm dedicated to 3 Ḥgrm Lord of Dnm 4 the statue and the 5 (?) and He had saved 6 them from the expedition 7 of the land of Mrd. |
| 4-5 | For the word mmwn Pirenne in CIAS suggests "aiguière" connecting it to mw "water". However, in Beeston et al. 1982 mmw is listed as a separate entry and translated generically as "votive object". According to Jamme, wmmwn is instead an adjective of ṣlmn (he translates "approved" on the basis of Ar. wammaʾa "to make a sign to someone"). |
| CIAS: i, 212 | 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] |
| Beeston et al. 1982 (=SD): 86 | Beeston, Alfred F.L., al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA., Müller, Walter W. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic). Dictionnaire Sabéen (anglais-français-arabe). Louvain-la-Neuve: Éditions Peeters / Beirut: Libraire du Liban. |
| Jamme 1985: 259 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250301. [Privately printed] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 396 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22.2, w. 17, th. 8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Ḥgrm bʿl Dnm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 211-213 | 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] |
| Jamme 1985: 259 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250301. [Privately printed] |