Ja 2848 ad Gl 1691
Lundin 1965: pl. XIX; Jamme 1976: pl. 10/O (facsimile)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 10-12 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 Ṣbḥm bn ʾlkrb bkr S¹bʾn mwd S¹mhʿly w-Yṯʿʾmr w-Ḏmrʿly ywm s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹b[ʾ]
2 [ḫrf w-]dṯʾ b-rs²wt-hw Hyṯʿʾl bn Ṣbḥm bkr S¹bʾn mwd Yṯʿʾmr w-Ḏmrʿly w-Krbʾl
3 ywm rs²w ʿṯtr s²lṯ rs²wtm b-kl ʾbyt-hw w-ywm s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹bʾ ḫrf w-dṯʾ b-kl
4 rs²wt-hw
| 2 | In Jamme's transcriptions is quoted an additional king "w-Smhʿly", just after Krbʾl. See also RES 3655. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣbḥm, son of ʾlkrb, first born of S¹bʾn, friend of S¹mhʿly, Yṯʿʾmr and Ḏmrʿly, when ʿṯtr irrigated Sabaʾ in 2 autumn and spring, during his priesthood. Hyṯʿʾl, son of Ṣbḥm, first born of S¹bʾn, friend of Yṯʿʾmr, Ḏmrʿly and Krbʾl, 3 when was priest of ʿṯtr, for three priesthoods, in all His temples and when ʿṯtr irrigated Sabaʾ in autumn and spring, during all 4 his priesthoods. |
| 3 | Jamme and Robin translate s²lṯ rs²wtm "for a third priestly ministry". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Janūbī |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lundin 1965: 29, 43, 48, pl. XIX | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Jamme 1966 b: 84-90 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1966. Les listes onomastiques sabéennes de (?) Sirwāh en ʾArhab. Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
| Jamme 1976: 49-50, pls 9/L, 10/M, 10/N, 10/O, 11/P | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Robin 1996 a: 1092 | Robin, Christian J. 1996. Sheba. II. Dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie du Sud. Pages Coll. 1047-1254 in Jacques Briend and Édouard Cothenet (eds). Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible. Fasc. 70. Paris: Letouzey & Ané. |