Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
7 | At the beginning Nāmī integrates: s¹ʾw]ltn "claim". |
English | |
1 [... ...] Tʾlb Rymm this [... ...] 2 the safety of camel herd (?) of Tʾlb in safety 3 [and He granted] satisfactory autumn crops and He satiated with rain spring and 4 autumn crops, and He increased spring fruits and autumn crops, so crops were produced. 5 [... ...] in that year they swore: ʾmʿṯtr (or, to the Mother of ʿṯtr) 6 [... ...] the safety of the qs¹d of Tʾlb and the safety of all those 7 [... ...] in safety. In that very year 8 Qlkhl, she of the family Hmdn, gave birth to a second 9 boy in protection. In that year 10 their lord ʿlhn, king of Sabaʾ, joined with 11 Ydʿʾl, king of Ḥaḍramawt, forever 12 [... ...] to enter into an alliance at ḏt Ġylm, and entered into an alliance 13 in safety. In that year luxuriant crops 14 [...] early crops (?) in abundace. Might He grant them 15 the goodwill and the favour of their two lords ʿlhn and his son 16 S²ʿrm, the two kings of Sabaʾ. Might He save them 17 from the maleficence of enemies. Might He grant them spring and 18 autumn crops in abudance. By Tʾlb Rymm. |
2 | The translation of mḏh < NḎH "camel herd" is suggested by Jamme 1985: 229-230 (see also Ja 600, 4). No translation in the SD. |
Jamme 1985: 229-230 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 355 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 48, w. 26 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
Ancient site | Trʿt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm. |
Link to site record |
Nāmī 1943: 24-30 (photo) | Nāmī, Khalīl Y. 1943. Našr nuqūš sāmīyya qadīma min ǧanūb bilād al-ʿarab wa-šarḥu-hā. al-Qāhira: al-Maṭbaʿa al-ʿIlmī al-Faransī li-l-Āṯār al-Šarqiyya. |
Jamme 1985: 229-230 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Robin and Vogt 1997: 181, 235a | Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe. |