CIH 2
Calvet and Robin 1997: 156, cat. 78
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 |
TEXT
1 Hʿn ʾs²w(ʿ)( w)-(b)ny-hw Krbʿṯ(t) [|]
2 [w]-Ḥywm w-Lḥyʿṯt bnw Ydm hqnyw
3 s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt ḏn
4 ṣlmn ḥg-n wqh Tʾlb ʾdm-hw bny
5 Ydm b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-wfy-hmw w-wfy
6 ʾwld ḫmr-hmw Tʾlb Rymm ʿdy by—
7 t bny Ydm w-wfy ʾdm-hmw w-hmw f-ḥ—
8 (m)dw ḫl w-mqm Tʾlb Rymm b-ḏt
9 [h]wfy-hmw b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾw b-
10 ʿm-hw w-b-ḏt hwfy-hmw bn kl ms¹—
11 bʾ s¹bʾw l-s²wʿn mrʾ-hmw ʿlhn N(h)—
12 fn bn Btʿ w-Hmdn w-l s¹ʿd-hmw T—
13 ʾlb frʿ dṯʾ w-ḫrf ʿdy ʾrḍ-h—
14 mw w-ms²ymt-hmw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw Tʾlb
15 ʾfql w-ʾṯmr ṣdqm ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-[m]—
16 (s²)ymt-hmw w-*l*-s¹ʿd-hmw ḥẓy ʾmrʾ-hmw b—
17 ny Hmdn w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥs²dm w-wḍʿ w-ṯb—
18 r w-ḍrʿn kl ḍr-hmw [w-s²nʾ-h]m(w) w-ḏ-ys²ṣy—
19 n b-hmw b-Tʾ[lb Rymm]
| 10-11 | ms¹bʾ as a plural (Stein 2003 a: 78, fn. 272). |
| 16 | In the text there is b-s¹ʿd |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hʿn ʾs²wʿ and his sons Krbʿṯt, 2 Ḥywm and Lḥyʿṯt, descendants of Ydm dedicated 3 to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm, Master of Trʿt, this 4 statue, as Tʾlb had ordered His servants, the banū 5 Ydm in His oracle, for their safety and the safety 6 of the children Tʾlb Rymm granted them in the 7 house of banū Ydm, and the safety of their servants; and as for them, they 8 praised the power and the authority of Tʾlb Rymm, because 9 He gratified them with all the help they sought from Him 10 and because He saved them in all the military 11 expeditions they carried out when following their lord ʿlhn Nh- 12 fn descendant of Btʿ and Hamdān; and may Tʾlb grant 13 them the crops of the spring and autumn season in their 14 land and their fields, and may Tʾlb grant them 15 good harvests and crops in their land and their 16 fields, and may He grant them the goodwill of their lords, banū 17 Hamdān and their tribe Ḥs²dm, and may (He) humiliate, destroy 18 and defeat all their enemies and rivals, and anyone who will bear malice 19 towards them, by Tʾlb Rymm. |
| "Il les a gratifiés de tous les oracles qu'ils ont demandés de Lui" (Robin). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 1172 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 46, w. 27, th. 13.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Tʾlb bʿl Trʿt |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1980: fig. 7 | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. (eds) 1980. Au royaume de Saba. Archéologie du Yémen. [Catalogue d'exposition] Musee d'art et d'essai, Paris, à partir du 24 avril 1980. (Cahiers Musée d'art et d'essai, 4). Paris: Ed. de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux. |
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 154-157 cat. 78 | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |