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 | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
4 | After ṣlmn, Nebes integrates: ḏ-ḏhbn. |
11 | Traces of letters are visible on the line. |
German | |
1 Šā[ʿirum ʾAwt]ar, der König von Sabaʾ [und ḏū] 2 Rydan, [der Sohn des ʿAlh]ān Nahfān, des König von 3 [Sa]baʾ, hat dem ʿAlmaqah, dem Herrn von Maskat wa-Yaṯ[wī] 4 Ba[rʾān], die [Statue aus Bronz]e [und .... (Beute)] 5 gewidmet, die er aus Qaryatum ḏāt Kāhilim mitgeführt hatte, 6 als er gegen Ḫawlān, die ʾAšʿarān, (gegen) Yrfaʾ, Ḏaḫirān, 7 (gegen) einige Stammesverbände (der Einwohner) von Sāhiratān, (gegen) die Kiddat und (gegen) Qaryatum (zu Felde) gezogen war. Er 8 tötete von den genannten Stämmen eine (große) Anzahl und (machte) viele Gefangene. 9 Er brachte den Rabīʿat, den Sohn des Muāwiyat, aus der Sippe 10 Ṯawr[um, den Köni]g der Kiddat und Qaḥṭān, in die Stadt 11 Ṣan[ʿaw ...] |
Nebes 2004: 274-275 | Nebes, Norbert 2004. Ein Feldzugsbericht des Šāʿirum ʾAwtar in einer neuen Widmungsinschrift aus dem Barʾān-Tempel. Pages 281-283 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Scripta Yemenica. Issledovanija po Južnoj Aravii. Sbornik naučnyh statej v čest' 60-letija M.B. Piotrovskogo. Moscow: Vostochna. |
English | |
1 S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and ḏu 2 Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of 3 Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Lord of Ms¹kt w-Yṯw Brʾn 4 the statue [... ...] 5 [... ...] that he carried from Qryt ḏt Khlm, 6 when he fought Ḫwln and the ʾs²ʿrn and Yrfʾ and Ḏḫrn 7 and some tribal groups of S¹whrn and Kinda and Qrytm and 8 among those tribes killed and made prisoners in great numbers 9 and he brought Rbʿt son of Mʿwyt of the clan Ṯwrm 10 king of Kinda and Qḥṭn to the town of 11 Ṣnʿw [... ...] |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 32, w. 29, th. 16 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-ʿAmāyid / ʿArsh Bilqīs |
Ancient site | Brʾn |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl Ms¹kt w-Yṯw Brʾn |
Notes | Found during the excavations of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in 2000, outside the mudbrick wall near the northern entrance of the temple. |
Link to site record |
Nebes 2004: 273-281 | Nebes, Norbert 2004. Ein Feldzugsbericht des Šāʿirum ʾAwtar in einer neuen Widmungsinschrift aus dem Barʾān-Tempel. Pages 281-283 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Scripta Yemenica. Issledovanija po Južnoj Aravii. Sbornik naučnyh statej v čest' 60-letija M.B. Piotrovskogo. Moscow: Vostochna. |