Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Relief | ||||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
The inscription, seen by Garbini reemployed in a private house at Bayt al-Ashwāl, is now at the museum of Ẓafār. |
2 | Müller integrates the first word: nṣr. |
2 | Garbini reads: S²dʿ. |
6 | qs²bw instead of hqs²bw is attested only here. |
7 | Garbini reads: mwdlm. |
English | |
1 [... ...] for the glory of Rḥmnn, the Master of the heaven and with 2 [... ...] their lord the king Mrṯdʾln Ynf. 3 S²gʿ and his sons Wdfh and ʾṣbḥh, ambassadors, 4 built, completed and repaired 5 their house S²bʿn from its foundation to 6 its top; they built in it an entrance in smooth 7 stones and in alabaster. By the grace of Rḥmnn. The month 8 of Mʿn, the year six hundred nineteen. |
Deposit | Ẓafār, Museum, ZM 579 |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 46, w. 63, th. 8 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Bayt al-Ashwāl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Ẓafār |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Ẓafār |
Ancient site | Ẓfr |
Geographical area | Ẓafār |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Urban context: S²bʿn |
Notes | The inscription, found in Ẓafār, has been moved to Bayt al-Ashwāl. |
Link to site record |
Garbini 1970 b: 546-547, pl. XLIII/c | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548. |
Gajda 1997: 70-71 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |
Catalogue 2000: 393-394, cat. 408 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 92 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |