BynM 200
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 (M)ʿdkrb ʾwḥg Yhbḥ qyl S²ddm bn S¹mhs¹(m)ʿ brʾ w-hqs²bn mḥf—
2 d-hw Rdʿm bn mwṯrm ʿdy s²qrm b-rdʾ w-mlʾ ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʾl-hmw ʿṯ(t)—
3 r ḏ-Ẓhr-Ys¹r w-mnḍḥ-hmw ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm w-b-tḥrg mrʾ-hmw Ys¹rm Yhṣdq w-(b)—
4 ny-hw ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-b-ʾḫyl w-s²ʿt w-mqymt s²ʿb-hmw S²ddm Yhqbḍ
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mʿdkrb ʾwḥg Yhbḥ, qyl of S²ddm, of the family S¹mhs¹mʿ, constructed and built his 2 tower Rdʿm from foundation to top, by the help and the favour of ʿṯtr S²rqn and their god ʿṯtr 3 ḏ-Ẓhr-Ys¹r and their tutelary deity ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm, and by the command of their lord Ys¹rm Yhṣdq and his 4 sons, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and by the power and the service and the authority of their tribe S²ddm Yhqbḍ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baynūn, Museum, BynM 200 |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 40, w. 136.5, th. 32 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Baynūn |
| Ancient site | Bynn |
| Geographical area | Khawlân |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls Tower Rdʿm |
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CULTURAL NOTES
ʿṯtr S²rqn, the god symbol of the Ḥimyarite identity, appears in first position in invocation, preceding the tribal god of S²ddm ʿṯtr ḏ-Ẓhr-Ys¹r.
Only two documents of this Ḥimyarite king were known so far: CIH 41 and Av. Aqmar 1. As far as the textual content, the text can be in particular compared to Av. Aqmar 1 (Avanzini 1985: 85-95, pls 15 and 16).
It is important to note that the tribe of S²ddm has the epithet of Yhqbḍ, which is a clear reference to the Ḥimyarite side of the royal title of ʿmdn Byn Yhqbḍ.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1985 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze. |