Kh-Mārīya 1 Pir Baynūn 1
Noman 2012: 225, fig. 1
By kind permission of K. Noman
By kind permission of K. Noman
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 | lh. 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...] (ḏ)-(s²ft)-(h)w w-tʾḏ(n) [... ...ʿ]—
2 ṯt(r) ḏ-S¹mʿn n(f)s¹-hw w-[... ...]
3 [w-qny-hw b-ʿ]ṯtr ḏ-(Ṭ)m(m) w-b ḏt (Ḥmy)[m]
4 [Yṯʿ](ʾ)mr Byn w-(b) [... ...]
| 1 | If the reading is correct, we have the first attestation of the t-stem of ʾḏn. |
| 1-2 | Pirenne reads only: ʿṯtr ḏ-S¹mʿn n[... ...] |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 [... ...] ce qu'il lui a promis et a confié/collicité [... ...] 2 ʿṯtr ḏ-S¹mʿn sa personne [et ses enfants] 3 [et ses proprietés à] ʿṯtr ḏ-Ṭmm et ḏt Ḥmym 4 [Yṯʿ]ʾmr Byn et par [......] |
| Noman 2012: 30 | Noman, Khaldon 2012. A Study of south Arabian Inscriptions from the region of Dhamār (Yemen). (PhD, Università di Pisa). 2016/05/10; https://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-08112012-151251/. |
| Noman 2023: 43 | Noman, Khaldon 2023. Nouvelles inscriptions de Maṣnaʿāt Māriya. Pages 41-57 in Iwona Gajda and Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet (eds). Arabie – Arabies. Volume offert à Christian Julien Robin par ses collègues, ses élèves et ses amis. Avec la collaboration de Denise Aigle. Paris: Geuthner. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 36 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maṣnaʿat Mariya |
| Ancient site | S¹mʿn |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Pirenne saw the inscription reused in a wall at Baynūn, but the stone is now in the village of Māriya. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The inscription probably invokes a 7th c. BCE Sabaean ruler named Yṯʿʾmr Byn, who could be the mukarrib, son of S¹mhʿly Ynf.
The inscription proves that ʿAthtar ḏ-S¹mʿn and ʿAthtar ḏ-Ṭmm, gods of the city of Samiʿān and of the Muhaqraʾum tribe, were venerated since the earliest times (cf. also A-20-263 from Afq).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Noman 2012: 30, fig. 1 | Noman, Khaldon 2012. A Study of south Arabian Inscriptions from the region of Dhamār (Yemen). (PhD, Università di Pisa). 2016/05/10; https://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-08112012-151251/. |
| Pirenne 1987: 101-102, fig. 2 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1987. Documents inédites de Baynūn. Pages 99-112 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Arbach 2023: 42-44, fig. 2 | Arbach, Mounir 2023. Samʿī, un royaume des Hautes-Terres (au nord de Sanaa) au VIIe siècle av. J.-C.. Pages 31-39 in Iwona Gajda and Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet (eds). Arabie – Arabies. Volume offert à Christian Julien Robin par ses collègues, ses élèves et ses amis. Avec la collaboration de Denise Aigle. Paris: Geuthner. |