MAFRAY-Mushjiʿ 18
Christian J. Robin and Jean-François Breton, 1982
Robin and Breton 1982: 607, fig. 13
Robin and Breton 1982: 607, fig. 13
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [ḏn ms³nd Ḏ]m(r)[ʿly]
2 [Wtr Yhn]ʿm mlk
3 [S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R]ydn bn
4 [S¹mhʿly Ḏr]ḥ yw—
5 [m ʾlm ʿṯt](r) ḏ-Ḏb—
6 (n) (w)-(hn)r-hw b-Tr—
7 ḥ ywm hwṣt k—
8 l gwm ḏ-ʾlm w-s²ym—
9 m w-ḏ-ḥblm w-ḥmrm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 This is the inscription of Ḏmrʿly 2 Wtr Yhnʿm, king of 3 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 4 S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ, when 5 he celebrated the ritual banquet of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn 6 and burnt offerings to Him in Trḥ 7 when he founded all 8 the community of the god and Patron 9 and of the territory and the people. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-Lawdh |
| Ancient site | Kwrn |
| Geographical area | Northern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn |
| Notes | The stela comes from the temple (building n. 5) at Šiʿb al-Mushjiʿ. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
In the sanctuary of the Jabal al-Lawdh the kings of Sabaʾ and dhu Raydān resumed, about six hundred years later, the same rites performed by the earlier mukarribs of Sabaʾ.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Breton 1982: fig. 13 | Robin, Christian J. and Breton, Jean-François 1982. Le sanctuaire préislamique du Gabal al-Lawd (Nord-Yémen). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 590-629. |