CIAS 95.41/j 2
CIAS: i, 209
- CIAS: i, 209
- Rathjens 1955: 148, figs 232-235
Image free from copyright - CIAS: i, 207
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ṯl]ṯn ḏ-Ḥmln w-ʾdm-(h)w s²ʿ(bn) ḏ-H[g](rn)[ ..](ln) w-ml[..](m)w hqnyw s²ym-(hm)[w ... ...]
2 [... ... ]b-ms¹ʾl-hw ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw w-hqṣn bn w-ʿln ʾdm-hw ʾ(b)[... ...]
3 [... ...]ym bn wrq ʾrḍn ḏ-Frmmm ḏ-yqblnn [... ...] (d)rm b-ḫrfm w-k[... ...]
4 [... ...]ḏb((ḏ-b))[... ...]
| 1 | Höfner: [... ... bn Btʿ qyl s²bʿn S¹mʿy ṯl]ṯn. Beeston in CIAS: w-mlʾ-hmw "and his plenary assembly". Jamme too reads mlʾ but translates it "people". |
| 2 | Höfner: [Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm ṣlmnhn ḥgn wqh-hmw|]. Beeston in CIAS: ʾb[ʿl hgrn ... ...]. |
| 3 | Höfner and Beeston in CIAS: w-k[wn ... ...]. |
| 4 | Traces of letters can be read on the estampage. Höfner: [... ...](r) bn b(k)[... ...]b[... ...]bn [... ...]. Beeston in CIAS: [... ...] ḏ-b-h[w ... ...] bn b[... ...]. He suggests the parallel in CIH 609/8 "kwn ḏnwtfn [wt]f[. ḏ]-b-hw tʿlm Hl[kʾmr]" for a possible restoration of the last line. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] the third of Ḥmln and his servants of the tribe ḏ-Hgrn [... ...] dedicated to their patron [... ...] 2 [... ...] in His oracle, in praise because He granted them and conceded in relation to His servants [... ...] 3 [... ...] from the vegetable crops of the land ḏ-Frmmm which they will pay [... ...] once a year [... ...] 4 [... ...] |
| 2 | Beeston in CIAS: "He granted them and assigned from, and incumbent upon". Jamme: "He [=the god] has vouchsafed to them to levy from and upon". |
| CIAS: i, 208 | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Jamme 1985: 246 | 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 281 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 20, w. 60, th. 80 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | Rathjens saw the object in 1934 in the palace of the Imam in Ṣanʿāʾ. The possible provenance from Ḥāz is stated by Rathjens. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rathjens 1955: 148 (facsimile) | Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |
| Höfner 1966: 36 | Höfner, Maria 1966. Bearbeitung der von Carl Rathjens in Sabaeica I und II in Abbildungen veröffentlichten altsüdarabischen Inschriften, sowie einiger sonstiger von ihm gesammelter Inschriftensteine. (Carl Rathjens, Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. III). (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 28). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Cram, de Gruyter and Co.. |
| CIAS: i, 207-210 (photos) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Jamme 1985: 243-246 | 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] |