Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Incision | ||||
Measure of letters | 0.25 | ||||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
The short title of S²mr Yhrʿs² suggests a date before the conquest of Ḥaḍramawt. |
1 | while CIH reads Yh[... ...] and Beston [... ...], Jamme restores Hḥm[d. |
2-5 | there is a square with no text at the middle of the lines. |
18 | wdy (Beeston 1937 a), corrected ʿdy (Jamme 1958-1959 and Beeston 1976 b). |
English | |
1 ʾbkrb [... ....] 2 ḏ-S³rdd and N[...], mqtwy of 3 S²mr Yhrʿs² king of Sabaʾ and 4 ḏu-Raydān, son of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm 5 king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to 6 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm, the statue of silver 7 and two statue of bronze, in praise because 8 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm aided and protected the body of 9 his servant ʾbkrb from the disease from which he suffered in the 10 the city of Mrb throughout eight months; 11 and ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm, granted His servant 12 ʾbkrb the protection of his body from this 13 disease; and in praise because ʾlmqh granted 14 His servant ʾbkrb the favours he asked from 15 Him, when they undertook a military expedition and assisted their lord S²mr 16 Yhrʿs² king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ys¹rm 17 Yhnʿm king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, when they undertook a military expedition and 18 made war at S¹hrtn against the tribes of S¹hrtm 19 and Dwʾt and Ṣḥrm and Ḥrt, when 20 their lord S²mr Yhrʿs² fought against them in the 21 valley ḏ-Ḍmdm, and met them upon 22 ʿkwtnhn on the north side, until he drove them into (?) 23 the sea; and they pursued after them and slew them 24 in the middle of the sea; and in praise because he granted his servant 25 ʾbkrb the slaughter of three warriors killed in battle, 26 and two captives, and prisoners and booty, which may satisfy him. 27 And may ʾlmqh continue to grant His servant ʾbkrb 28 slayings and booty whenever they undertook an expedition and assist 29 their lord the king; and may He grant him the favour and 30 goodwill of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs² king of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 31 Raydān, son of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 32 and protect them from the evil, defeat, 33 humiliation and harm of any enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm. |
21 | the wādī Ḍamad is 12 km north of Jāzān, today in Saudi Araba (Robin 2013: 121). |
Robin 2013 | Robin, 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. |
Deposit | Marseille, Musée Borély, 5302 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 92, w. 28, th. 12 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
Beeston 1937 a: 46-48 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford. |
Jamme 1958-1959: 154-167, pl. II | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958-1959. Les antiquités Sud-Arabes du Musée Borély à Marseille. Cahiers de Byrsa, 8: 149-189. |
Beeston 1976 b | 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. |