YM 28805
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 36, cat. 19
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Period C or D (the editors date the text to the 2nd century AD). |
TEXT
1 (ʿ)[m]krb( ḏ)-(ʾrs³) w-bny-(hw)
2 (ʾs¹)n ʾ(d)m bn Gdnm hqn—
3 yw ʾlmq(h)-bʿl-S²bʿn ṣlmn ḏ-
4 ḏhbn ḥ[md]m b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw
5 ʾlmqh-bʿl-S²bʿn ʿbdy-hw
6 (ʿ)mkrb w-(ʾ)s¹n tʾwln b-wfy—
7 (m) bn hgrn Ẓrbn w-s¹r-hw N—
8 (g)rn b-kn wqh-hmw ʾmrʾ-hm—
9 (w) bny Gdnm l-tnṣfn (b)-qht
10 [b](n)y Gdnm b-Ngrn w-l-ḫmr-h—
11 [mw] ʾlmqh-bʿl-S²bʿn ḥẓy (w)-
12 [... ʾ](m)rʾ-hmw bny Gdnm (w)-
13 [... ...] bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm
14 [b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-](S²)bʿn w-ḏt Ns²qm
| The reading of ḏ-ʾrs³ is very dubious. | |
| 2 | ʾdm bny Gdnm hqny (Arbach and Audouin). |
| 6 | tʾlwn (Arbach and Audouin). |
| 12 | Probably [rḍw ʾ]mrʾ-hmw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿ[m]krb ḏ-ʾrs³ and his son 2 ʾs¹n, servants of the banū Gdnm, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn a statue in 4 bronze, in praise because 5 ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn granted to them - 6 His two servants ʿ[m]krb and ʾs¹n - the return in safety 7 from the town of Ẓrbn and its oasis 8 Nagrān, when their lords the banū Gdnm 9 commanded to them to perform the service by the authority 10 of the banū Gdnm in Nagrān; and may ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn 11 grant to them favour and 12 [...] of their lords the banū Gdnm and 13 [... ...] from the maleficence and the malice of any enemy 14 [... ...] S²bʿn and ḏt Ns²qm. |
| 8-10 | "lorsque leurs seigneurs, les banu Gadanum, leur ordonnèrent d’accomplir leur service suivant l’ordre des banū Gadanum, à Nagrān" (Bron 2010 b: 42). |
| Bron 2010 b: 42 | Bron, François 2010. Quelques nouvelles inscriptions du Jawf. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 21: 41-45. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 28805 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 44, w. 22, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The inscription relates about a mission of two men of Nashq to the oasis of Nagrān.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 36-37, cat. 19 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |