YM 1200
Gajda 1998: 81, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| The reign of the king is dated to 582-614 Ḥim. |
TEXT
1 Mrṯdʾln Ynʿm m↯[lk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt w-ʾʿrb-h]—
2 mw Ṭwdm w-Th(m)↯[t bn Lḥyʿt Ynf mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍ]—
3 rmwt w-Ymnt w-↯[ʾʿrb-hmw Ṭwdm w-Thmt bn S²rḥbʾl Yk]—
4 f mlk S¹(b)↯[ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt w-ʾ]—
5 ʿrb-hmw Ṭ↯[wdm w-Thmt brʾw w-hqs²bn w-]
6 ṯwbn mk(r)↯[bn ... ...]
7 -hw w-rḥbn kns¹t↯[... ...]
8 kl s²yʾ-hw qs²bm ↯[... ...]
| Integrations by Gajda. | |
| 1 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. |
| 4-6 | The monogram is placed in the middle of the lines. According to Gajda, there was a second monogram on the lost fragment of the stone. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrṯdʾln Ynʿm k[ing of S¹bʾ, ḏ-Rydn, Ḥḍrmwt, Ymnt and their nomads] 2 of Ṭwdm and of Thm[t, son of Lḥyʿt Ynf king of S¹bʾ, ḏ-Rydn,] Ḥḍrmwt, 3 Ymnt and [their nomads of Ṭwdm and of Thmt, son of S²rḥbʾl Yk]f 4 king of S¹b[ʾ, ḏ-Rydn, Ḥḍrmwt, Ymnt and their] 5 nomads of Ṭ[wdm and of Thmt has constructed, begun and] 6 achieved the place of worship (?) [... ... ] 7 and enlarged the synagogue (?) [... ...] 8 all his possession recently [... ...] |
| 7 | kns¹t: this noun occurs here for the first time in Epigraphic South Arabian and it's probably a loanword from the West Aramaic kenīštā ("assembly") or from the Post-Biblical Hebrew kenēset ("assembly, synagogue"). Here it probably designates a monotheistic place of worship (Gajda 1998). |
| Gajda 1998: 82 | Gajda, Iwona 1998. A new inscription of an unknown Ḥimyarite king, Marṯadʾīlān Yunʿim. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 28: 81-88. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 1200 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 24-25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Gajda 1998: 81-82, fig. 1 | Gajda, Iwona 1998. A new inscription of an unknown Ḥimyarite king, Marṯadʾīlān Yunʿim. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 28: 81-88. |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |