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RES 3383 Gl 389


By kind permission of S. Rijziger
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By kind permission of S. Rijziger
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Robin 1996 b: 676, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodE
Start date - BCE/CE383 CE
End date - BCE/CE383 CE
Date accuracyAccurate
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

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   1  M(lkkrb) Yhʾmn w-bny-hw ʾb(k)rb ʾs¹ʿd w-[Ḏ]rʾʾmr ʾymn ʾ[ml](k) S¹bʾ w-
   2  ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt brʾw w-hwṯrn w-hqwḥ w-hs²q—
   3  rn byt-hmw S²wḥṭn bn mwṯr-hw ʿdy tfrʿ-hw b-mqm m—
   4  rʾ-hmw Mrʾ (s¹my)[n] wr(ḫ)-hw [... ... ḏ-b-](ḫ)ryfn ḏ-l-(ṯ)l(ṯ) w-ts¹ʿy w-ʾrbʿ mʾ[tm]

Apparatus
2for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mlkkrb Yhnʾm and his sons ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd and Ḏrʾʾmr ʾymn, kings of Sabaʾ,
   2  ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt and Yamanat built, laid foundations, finished and completed
   3  their house S²wḥṭn, from foundations to top, with the power of
   4  their Lord, the Lord of heaven. In the month [... ...] in the year four hundred ninty-three.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Wall
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMankath
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaẒafār
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe inscription is now reemployed in mosque of the village of Mankhath.
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Origin
Modern siteẒafār
Ancient siteẒfr
Geographical areaẒafār
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Royal palace S²wḥṭn
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CULTURAL NOTES

See Ry 534+MAFY-Rayda 1 on Mrʾ-s¹myn.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1959: 197-199Solá Solé, Josep M. 1959. La inscripción Gl 389 y los comienzos del monoteísmo en Sudarabia. Le Muséon, 72: 197- 206.
Garbini 1970 a: 160-162, pl. I/bGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Una bilingue sabeo-ebraica da Ẓafar. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/2: 153-165.
Robin 1996 b: 676, photoRobin, Christian J. 1996. Le royaume ḥujiride, dit «royaume de Kinda» entre Ḥimyar et Byzance. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 665-714.
Gajda 1997: 4-5Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence).
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 58Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
Robin 2013Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.