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 |
Inscription seen by Cruttenden in Ṣanʿāʾ, likely from the region of Ġaymān. Lines 1-9 correspond to the fragment Nāmī 75. |
Reading of ll.1-9 based on al-Ghul's photo; ll.10-14 on CIH's copy (this starts with Bron's line 5). | |
5-6 | Ḥ[grm bʿl Mr]yb (CIH). |
6 | w-nkl[ s²ʿb-hw (CIH). |
7 | See CIH 435/3 where Ynʿm is the name of a palace in Marib; at the end of the line ḏ-S³glt (CIH), ḏ-S³llt (Bron). |
9 | yfym instead of wfym as a regional variant: Bron integrates: b-nʿmtm] |
12 | [w-ʾwldm] (CIH). |
14 | Ḥ[grm ʿbd-hw (CIH). |
English | |
1 [... ...] ... in 2 praise because He satisfied them with all the favours they 3 sought from Him, and in praise because He 4 granted the protection to them, i.e. to His two servants ʾbkrb and B[... ...] 5 and because He accomplished the favourable oracular decision they both obtained in 6 the city of Mryb, and because He accomplished the completion and [... ...] 7 of their house ḏ-Ynʿm and its ? [... ...] ḏ-S³ll[.] 8 [... ...] and may their Patron Ḥgrm 9 continue to grant them prosperity, safety and good luck and 10 the satisfaction of their hearts, and may He grant them soundness of 11 faculties in abundance, concerning the spring and autumn crops, and may Ḥgrm grant 12 them abundant crops and sound [... ...] 13 from all their lands and all their 14 fields, and may Ḥgrm save [... ...]. |
Support type | Unknown |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
Bron 1992: 61-62 (photo) | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |