CIAS 95.11/o 3 n° 2
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Hs²mr w-bn-hw Mʿdʾl (bny) [.]—
2 ms³yn w-Yṣrb bn ʿmdm ʾdm (b)—
3 ny S¹ḫymm hqnyw s²ym-hmw Tʾ—
4 lb ʿdy Kbdm ṣlmn b-ḏt hws²ʿ
5 Tʾlb Hs²mr ʿbr ʿṯtr bʿl B—
6 [... ...] ʿyn ʿyny-hw ḫms¹t ḫ—
7 [... ...] hḥyw-hw ʿṯtr b[.]—
8 [... ...] l-s¹t-(h)[w ... ...]
| 6-7 | ḫ[ryft] (CIAS). |
| 7 | b[ʿl b] (CIAS). |
| 9 | ... ġs¹t-h[w] (CIAS). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hs²mr and his son Mʿdʾlof the family [.]- 2 ms³yn and Yṣrb of ʿmdm clients of 3 the banū Sḫymm dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb 4 at Kbdm this statue, because Tʾlb 5 aided Hs²mr with ʿṯtr Lord of B- 6 [... ...] he had suffered from eye disease for five 7 [years?], and ʿṯtr Lord of B[... ...] cured him 8 [... ...] |
| 8 | (? of his wretched condition?) (Beeston in CIAS). |
| CIAS: 190 | 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 281=AM 391 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30, w. 33, th. 27 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb ʿdy Kbdm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
"The striking thing is that, while it was Athtar who cured the malady .. his healing action was only secured through the mediation of the folk-deity Tʾlb, who is thus seen in the role of an intercessor with a superior deity.
The idea is familiar in Greek religion where the other Olympians intercede with Zeus for their own protégés; but one is also reminded of the famous 'Satanic verses', in which pagan Arab deities are referred to as 'the exalted ġarānīq, whose intercession may be hoped for' (Beeston in CIAS).
The idea is familiar in Greek religion where the other Olympians intercede with Zeus for their own protégés; but one is also reminded of the famous 'Satanic verses', in which pagan Arab deities are referred to as 'the exalted ġarānīq, whose intercession may be hoped for' (Beeston in CIAS).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 189-191, photo | 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] |