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 |
The reign of the king is dated to 582-614 Ḥim. |
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. |
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. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 1200 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 39, w. 24-25 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
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. |