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 |
The inscription was found in the upper Jawf. |
3 | tqd[m] (Rhodokanakis). |
4 | Ḥ[ḍrmwt w]-m[ṣyr]-hmw (CIH); Ḥ[ḍrmwt w-mṣr]t-hw (Rhodokanakis, on the base of Mordtmann and Glaser's copy ...rthw). |
5 | Beginning: w-ṯ]br; mṣyrt-h[w ] (CIH) and mṣyrt-[hw ] (Rhodokanakis). |
5-6 | Ġ....m (Rhodokanakis); possibly Ġ[db]m (CIH); ḏt Ġ[y](l)m (Jamme 1962: 297). |
7-8 | w-[qdm-h]w (CIH); w-[tqdm]w (Rhodokanakis). |
8-9 | w-[ʿs¹yw] (Rhodokanakis). |
9 | Beginning: hyrtn (CIH); end: tqdm[w w-] (Rhodokanakis, Beeston 1976 b: 49). |
10-11 | [w-kl ḏ-wr]d (CIH); [w-kl ʾs¹]d (Rhodokanakis, Beeston 1976 b: 49). |
13 | s²trḥt (CIH); s²trḥ(n) (Rhodokanakis). |
16 | Beginning: [bkn] (CIH and Rhodokanakis). |
17 | Beginning: [nṭr] (CIH), s¹bʾ (Rhodokanakis). |
17-18 | hgrn[hn m]wt (CIH). |
18 | (R)s¹wt w-Ṣwʾrn (two towns in Dhofar, according to Jamme 1962: 298). |
21-22 | [ʿbd-h]w (CIH). |
22-23 | w-[s¹by]m (CIH). |
27-28 | w-ḫr[f] b-[nkl ʾr]ḍ-hmw (CIH); w-ḫr[f ʿdy kl ʾrḍ-hmw (Rhodokanakis). |
28-29 | [bn kl n]ḍʿ (CIH). |
English | |
[... ...] 1 S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān son of ʿlhn 2 Nhfn king of Sabaʾ and in gratitude because he granted favour to their lord S²ʿrm 3 ʾwtr and his two khamīs, Sabaeans and Ḥimyarites, when they came to a confrontation 4 with ʾlʿz king of Ḥaḍramawt and his Ḥaḍramite forces 5 and defeated the latter and all his forces in the region of ... 6 The dedicant was ordered by his lord the king 7 to furnish assistance to the camp of the king and the two khamīs 8 with two hundred men of the Ḥumlān levy; for the Rdmn levy 9 [had launched an assault] on the camp on the same day that they [had taken the field]; 10 the dedicant came into conflict with them, 11 [he and the troops] who were with him of the Ḥumlān levy, and they put the Radmanites to flight 12 from the camp in disorder and rout, so that the camp of their lord 13 the king and the two khamīs were safe and unharmed. 14 Also in gratitude because the deity kept His servant the dedicant safe 15 after receiving two wounds 16 in the brush with the Rdmn levy at the camp. On a further occasion, 17 they [campaigned] and rendered service to their lord the king at 18 Shabwah and Ṣwʾrn. So the dedicant gives thanks to the might 19 and power of the deity for the return 20 of their lord the king and his two khamīs in safety from all 21 those campaigns; and thanks for his granting 22 His servant the dedicant a safe return with spoils, 23 [captives] and booty to their contentment. Also because the deity granted him 24 the plundering and routing of the people of Ḫṭlm; and may Tʾlb 25 grant him the satisfaction of their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and 26 ḏu-Raydān and their lords of the banu Hmdn and their tribe Ḥ(s²d)[m] 27 and may Tʾlb Rymm grant them the firstfruits of the spring [... ...] 28 [... ...]their land and their fields and may Tʾlb save them 29 from the harm and the malice of the enemies; by Tʾlb Rymm. |
Translation of ll. 1-24 by Beeston 1976 b: 49. |
Beeston 1976 b | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Warfare in ancient South Arabian (2nd.-3rd. centuries A.D.). Qahtan. Studies in Old Arabian Epigraphy. 3. London: Luzac and Co. |
Deposit | Berlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2672 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 74, w. 32 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt |
Link to site record |
Mordtmann 1893: pl. III | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann. |
Rhodokanakis 1940: 55-60 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1940. Die Inschriften Gl 424 und 825. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 47: 50-60. |
Jamme 1962 a | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
Beeston 1976 b | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Warfare in ancient South Arabian (2nd.-3rd. centuries A.D.). Qahtan. Studies in Old Arabian Epigraphy. 3. London: Luzac and Co. |