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Ry 533
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1955: pl. I
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [w-]ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd bn Hʿn (ʾẓlm) bn (ʾ)s¹ [S²]—
2 [ʿ]rm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlhn
3 (qdm)y ḫms¹ mlk S¹bʾ w-Ḥḍrmt b-ḫlf hgrn
4 (Q)[n](ʾ) b-ḏt hws²ʿt-hmw S²ms¹-hmw b-kn s¹bʾ w-s²w—
5 [ʿn] w-bn-hyt hgrn f-ys¹bʾw w-s²wʿn mrʾ-hm—
6 [w] b-(ʾ)s²ʿ(b) Qtbn w-Rdmn w-Mḍḥy w-ʾws¹n w-
7 ḏ-bn s²ʿb-hmw Bk(l)m bn hyt s¹bʾtn nḥflm
8 [.]-Rydn ʿdy hgrn Qn[ʾ] l-mḫr-hmw w-ymẓʾw ʿd—
9 [y] Ḥrmtm w-s¹bʿ w-ʾrbʿy ʾs³dqm w-ʾflk[m]
10 mhrgm w-s¹bym w-ġnmm ḏ-hrḍw-hmw bn
11 [mr](ʾ)-(h)mw S²ʿrm w-ḫms¹-hw w-[ʾ]d[b]tn b-ʾrḍ
12 [Rd]ʿ ʿdy bḥrn w-yʿdw [q]mʿ Qrytnhn w-ḥ—
13 md ʾs¹dm b-ḏt tʾwl mrʾ-hw S²ʿrm ʾwtr
14 bn hyt s¹bʾtn b-w(fym) w-ʾḥllm w-s¹bym w-
15 ġnmm ḏ-ʿs¹m w-ḥmdw S²ms¹-hmw bʿlt Tl—
16 (q)m b-ḏt tʾwl Rbbm ʾḫṭr w-ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd
17 w-s²ʿb-hmy Bklm rbʿn ḏ-Rydt bn hyt s¹—
18 bʾtn b-wfym w-mhrgm w-s¹bym ḏ-hrḍw-hm—
19 w w-ḥmdm (b)-ḏt wkb ʾḫ-hw Rbbm ʾḫ—
20 ṭr bn S¹ʾrn ʿ[...]-hmw w-mṣnʿ-hmw w-[...]
21 [... ...] bn ʾgys² w-ʾṣḥb ʾḥbs²n b-k(n) [s¹]—
22 bʾw b-ʿly Ḥḍrmt b-qdmy ḏt hqnytn w-l-s¹—
23 ʿd-hmw S²ms¹m ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm
24 ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlhn Nhfn
25 mlk S¹bʾ w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw S²ms¹m ʾfql w-ʾṯmr [ṣ]—
26 [dq]m ʿdy [ʾrḍ]-hmw w-ms²mt-hmw w-l-wz[ʾ S²]—
27 [m]s¹m hws²ʿ-hmw b-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-[b]
28 (ʾ)brṯ b-hw yhwṣt-hmw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾw—
29 tr w-l ḫryn-hmw S²ms¹m bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-[n]—
30 ḍ[ʿ] w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt s²nʾm (ʾs¹d)[m ... ...]
31 [... ...]m b-S²ms¹-hmw bʿlt T[lqm]
| Ryckmans' reading cannot be confirmed from the picture published. | |
| Beginning: Ryckmans integrates [Rbbm ʾḫṭr bn S¹ʾrn ... ...]. | |
| 7 | (end): Beeston reads nḥql-mw. |
| 12 | Reading qmʿ for the original editor's gmʿ (Beeston). |
| 30-31 | ḏ-qrbm w-rḥq]m (Ryckmans). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 and ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd son of Hʿn ʾẓlm, from the people of 2 S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn, 3 were the commanders of the group of the king of Sabaʾ and of Ḥaḍramawt in the vicinity of the town 4 of Qnʾ, because their S²ms¹ favoured them, when they campaigned in the service (of the king). 5 From the abovementioned town they campaigned in service of their lord 6 and the tribes of Qatabān, Rdmn, Mḍḥy and Awsān and 7 some troops of their own tribe Bklm from this campaign, particularly 8 [from] Raydān to the town of Qnʾ against them, so they 9 proceeded against Ḥrmtm, with forty-seven small and large transport vessels 10 in killings, captives and booty enough to satisfy 11 their lord, the king S²ʿrm, and his group and his servants in the territory of 12 [Rdʿ] as far as the coast, and they furthermore subdued al-Qaryatan (?). So thanks 13 are offered by ʾs¹dm, because his lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr returned 14 from this campaign in safety with spoils, captives and 15 booty in abundance. They also give thanks to their S²ms¹, the Lady of Tlqm, 16 because Rbbm ʾḫṭr and ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd 17 and their tribe Bklm, portion of Rydt, returned from this campaign 18 in good health and (because) of the booty and the prisoners (taken), which gave them satisfaction. 19 Also in gratitude because his brother Rbbm ʾḫṭr 20 ibn S¹ʾrn [...] and their strongholds, and [...] 21 [...] from the detachments and auxiliaries of the Habashites, when 22 they had campaigned against Ḥaḍramawt previously to the present dedication; 23 and may S²ms¹ grant them the goodwill and satisfaction of their lord S²ʿrm 24 ʾwtr king, of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn 25 king of Sabaʾ, and may S²ms¹m grant them good crops and 26 fruit crops in their land and their fields, and may S²ms¹m 27 grant favour to them in the prosperity of faculties and resources, and in 28 [all] the battles in which their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr ordered them (to fight) 29 and may S²ms¹m deliver them from the harm, mischief, 30 maleficence, malice and slander of any enemy [... ...] 31 [... ...] by their S²ms¹, Mistress of Tlqm. |
| Following Beeston for ll.1-22. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Monumental stela |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Rayda |
| Ancient site | Rydt |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1955: 297-308, pl. I | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Douzième série. Le Muséon, 68: 297-312. |
| Beeston 1976 b: 49-50 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Warfare in ancient South Arabian (2nd.-3rd. centuries A.D.). Qahtan. Studies in Old Arabian Epigraphy. 3. London: Luzac and Co. |