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Ja 2848 ah Gl 1780


Lundin 1965: pl. XIII/1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyCommemorative text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿms²fq bn ʾlʾmr ḏ-Ḫll ywm
   2  s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹bʾ ḫrf w-dṯʾ ḏ-h—
   3  ʿntn s¹bʿt ʾḥbṭm b-rs²w—
   4  t-hw w-b mlk S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ
   5  w-ywm rs²w ṯkmtm s¹qy ʿṯtr ḫrf |
   6  w-dṯʾ w-Mrtwm |

Apparatus
2-3Jamme reads "ḏ-hwntn".
5-6The lines are integrated by Wissmann according to Robin's photos.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿms²fq, son of ʾlʾmr, of Ḫll, when
   2  ʿṯtr irrigated Sabaʾ helpfully (?) during autumn and spring
   3  seven sacred places at the time of his priesthood
   4  during the reign of S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ
   5  and, when he was in the first year of his priesthood, ʿṯtr irrigated during autumn
   6  and spring and (irrigated) Mrtwm.
3ḥbṭ: "hunting enclave" (SD).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Balaq al-Janūbī
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lundin 1965: 36, 42, 46, pl. XIII/2Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Jamme 1976: 51, pl. XII/R (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Wissmann 1982: 95-96, fig. 12 (facsimile)Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)]