Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
Robin and Arbach date the inscription to about 50-20 BC on the basis of its palaeographic style and on the mention of the Raydanite prince Shammar. |
1 | After Bs²mm, Avanzini (2004) suggests to restore: b-ms¹ʾl-s¹ l-. The accepted restoration follows Prioletta 2013. |
4 | RES wrongly reads ʾbrtʿ mʾdb-s¹. |
6 | RES wrongly ms¹nkrm; at the end integration by Robin 1992 and accepted in Müller 2005. |
English | |
1 ʾbrtʿ ḏ-Ḥḍln ʾls²r dedicated to his god and Lord Bs²mm Master of Ḫrf and Nʿlm in His sanctuary Nʿlm the two ibexes, 2 in bronze, in respect of what he petitioned Him for before this day, and because his Lord Bs²mm intervened and saved him from the wounds he received in the city of Ṯbyr in the land of 3 Yḥr, when there was the war between S²mr ḏu-Raydān and between ʾbʾns¹ descendant of Mʿhr and of Ḫwln and the king of Sabaʾ and the kings of Ḥaḍramawt; and for the future, may Bs²mm 4 continue to protect and save his vassal ʾbrtʿ; he committed to Bs²mm his faculties and his material resources, his father Whbʾl and his brothers Bnʾl and ʾ- 5 bʾns¹ and ʾbkrb and ʾlbḥr and their son Lḥyʿṯt and all their subjects and what they possess - a benevolent eye on them - and their two ibexes against whoever may damage 6 and remove (the object) from its place; by Bs²mm, Blw, ʿṯtr S²rqn and all the gods of Ḥlzwm. |
2 | "and because his lord Bs²mm foretold favourably in His oracle regarding the wounds wounded within the city of Ṯbyr" (Avanzini). |
3-4 | “denn Bashamum (ist der Garant) der erfüllten Befriedung“ (Höfner); "Bs²mm continued protecting and saved his vassals" (Avanzini); quant à Basha[m]um, elle a rendu un oracle pour assurer la sécurité et protéger son fidèle Abīrataʿ" (Robin and Arbach). |
5 | "and what they possess - a benevolent eye on them -" (Avanzini). |
Höfner 1935 | Höfner, Maria 1935. Die qatabanischen und sabäischen Inschriften der südarabischen Expedition im Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien (II). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 42: 31-66. |
Avanzini 2004 a: 523-524 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
Prioletta 2013: 115-117 | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. The town of Ḥalzaw (Ḥlzwm) between Qatabān, Radmān and Ḥimyar: an essay on political, religious and linguistic history. Semitica et Classica, 6: 109-130. |
Robin and Arbach 2013: 124-125 | Robin, Christian J. and Arbach, Mounir 2013. Premières mentions de dhū-Raydān (vers la fin du Ier s. av. è. chr.). Raydān, 8: 119-134. |
Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 1147 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 14, w. 32, th. 24 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Lajiya / Hajar Warrāṣ |
Ancient site | Ḥlzwm |
Geographical area | Markha |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Bs²mm ʿd Nʿlm |
Link to site record |
Robin 1992 d: 160 | Robin, Christian J.. Review of 1987. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques, 8: 158-165. |
Müller, Walter W. 2005 | Müller, Walter W. 2005. Review of Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. Aethiopica. International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, 8: 244-248. |
Prioletta 2013: 115-117 (figs. 6a-c) | Prioletta, Alessia 2013. The town of Ḥalzaw (Ḥlzwm) between Qatabān, Radmān and Ḥimyar: an essay on political, religious and linguistic history. Semitica et Classica, 6: 109-130. |
Robin and Arbach 2013: 124-129 (figs. 3-5) | Robin, Christian J. and Arbach, Mounir 2013. Premières mentions de dhū-Raydān (vers la fin du Ier s. av. è. chr.). Raydān, 8: 119-134. |