CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Calvet and Robin 1997: 163, cat. 83

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  ʾls¹ʿd w-ʾḫy-hw S¹ʿdʾl
   2  w-Rṯdrymn w-S¹ʿds²ms¹m [w]-Lḥ—
   3  yʿṯt w-bny-hmw Whbṯwn b(n)w
   4  Mḍn ʾbkln ḥwrw hgrn ʿmrn (ʾ)—
   5  dm bny Mrṯdm hqnyw ʿṯtr-S²r—
   6  qn ʿdy byt-hmw ṣlmnhn l-s¹ʿ—
   7  d-hmw ḥẓy w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-hmw (|)
   8  bny Mrṯdm w-s²ʿb-hm Bklm w-l-[ḏ]—
   9  (t) ḫryn ʿbd-hw Lḥyʿṯt bn nḍ[ʿ]
  10  w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw wfym w-(ʾ)—
  11  wldm w-ʾṯmrm hnʾm b-ʿṯt(r)

Apparatus
6ʿdy byt-hmw could be an error for ʿdy byt-hw.
8The suffix pronoun is hm instead of hmw.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾls¹ʿd and his brothers S¹ʿdʾl,
   2  Rṯdrymn, S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Lḥ-
   3  yʿṯt, and their son Whbṯwn, banū
   4  Mḍn, of the tribe Bkl, inhabitants of the city of ʿAmrān,
   5  vassals of banū Mrṯdm, dedicated to ʿṯtr S²r-
   6  qn in their house these two statues, so that He may grant
   7  them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords
   8  the banū Mrṯdm and of their tribe Bklm, and so that He may deliver
   9  His servant Lḥyʿṯt from the maleficence
  10  and malice of any enemy, and so that He may grant them safety and
  11  children and healthy crops; by ʿṯtr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 4987
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 29.5, w. 21, th. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteʿAmrān
Ancient siteʿmrn
Geographical areaʿAmrān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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CULTURAL NOTES

Whbṯwn is said to be the son of all the five brothers. This would imply that they shared the same wife.
Unless we deal with an epigraphic mistake, the dedication to ʿṯtr S²rqn is strangely placed in the clients' house rather than in the god's temple.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 162-164 (photo)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.