Gar AY 9d
Catalogue 2000: 394, cat. 408
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription, seen by Garbini reemployed in a private house at Bayt al-Ashwāl, is now at the museum of Ẓafār. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]b-ḥmd Rḥmnn bʿl s¹myn w-b-
2 [... ]mrʾ-hmw mlkn Mrṯdʾln Ynwf |
3 S²gʿ w-bny-hw Wdfh w-ʾṣbḥh tn—
4 bltn brʾw w-hqs²bn w-ṯwbn
5 byt-hmw S²bʿn bn mwṯr-hw ʿd—
6 y tfrʿ-hw w-qs²bw b-hw mbhʾtm b-m—
7 nhmtm w-mwglm b-zkt Rḥmnn wrḫ-h—
8 w ḏ-Mʿn ḏ-l-ts¹ʿt ʿs²r w-s¹ṯ mʾtm |
| 2 | Müller integrates the first word: nṣr. |
| 2 | Garbini reads: S²dʿ. |
| 6 | qs²bw instead of hqs²bw is attested only here. |
| 7 | Garbini reads: mwdlm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] for the glory of Rḥmnn, the Master of the heaven and with 2 [... ...] their lord the king Mrṯdʾln Ynf. 3 S²gʿ and his sons Wdfh and ʾṣbḥh, ambassadors, 4 built, completed and repaired 5 their house S²bʿn from its foundation to 6 its top; they built in it an entrance in smooth 7 stones and in alabaster. By the grace of Rḥmnn. The month 8 of Mʿn, the year six hundred nineteen. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ẓafār, Museum, ZM 579 |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 46, w. 63, th. 8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt al-Ashwāl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Ẓafār |
| Ancient site | Ẓfr |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: S²bʿn |
| Notes | The inscription, found in Ẓafār, has been moved to Bayt al-Ashwāl. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The presence of Ethiopian names and of the word tnbltn "ambassadors" leads Garbini to state that we deal with "Membri dell'aristocrazia axumita che rappresentavano ufficialmente il loro sovrano presso la corte himyarita".
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1970 b: 546-547, pl. XLIII/c | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548. |
| Gajda 1997: 70-71 | Gajda, 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). |
| Catalogue 2000: 393-394, cat. 408 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 92 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |