Shibʿanu-Nashq 1
Kitchen 1995: pl. 9
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
TEXT
1 Yḥḍb ʾs¹rʿ w-ʾḫy-
2 hw w-bny-hw bny ḏ-Ṯʿy—
3 m w-ḏ-Mḥgrt ʾqtbn ḥwrw
4 hgrn Rwntn hqnyw mrʾ-h—
5 mw ʾlmqhw bʿ<l>-S²bʿn ṣl—
6 mm ḏ-ḏhbm ḏ-s²ft-hw ywm
7 ḏmr-hw *b*n ((l-n)) ʿrb b-ʿḏqhn w-b—
8 rr-hw w-ṣwr-hw bn ḏ-hḏmrw
9 s²nʾ-hw w-hkṯr s²nʾ-hw ʾlmq—
10 hw bʿl-S²bʿn l-wfy-hmw w-wfy ʾ—
11 ḫy-hw w-bny-hw w-ʾdm-hw w-bʿ—
12 r-hw w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmqhw bʿl-
13 S²bʿn ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw S²m—
14 r Yhrʿs² mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
15 ywmm ḏ-b-hw wqh-hmw mrʾ-h—
16 mw l-hwḍʿ w-zhd b-hgrn N—
17 s²qm w-Ngrn s¹bʿt ḫryft—
18 m
| 3 | The editor has interpreted ʾqtbn as the Qatabanians. It is true that Ṯʿym is a Qatabanian lineage name, but the Müller's suggestion, quoted by the editor, that ʾqtbn would be related to the Qitab tribe seems more credible. |
| 7 | The correction of l-n in bn, suggested in the addendum by Beeston, seems acceptable. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yḥḍb ʾs¹rʿ and his 2 brothers and his sons, of the family Ṯʿy- 3 m and Mḥgrt, the ʾqtbn, citizens of 4 the town of Rwntn dedicated to their 5 Lord ʾlmqhw, the Lord of S²bʿn, a bronze 6 statue which he had promised Him, when 7 He defended him from the ʿrb in ʿḏqn; and He freed 8 and delivered him from what his enemies 9 threatened; and ʾlmqhw, 10 the Lord of S²bʿn, overcame his enemies for their safety and the safety 11 of his brothers, his sons, his people, his 12 herds; may ʾlmqhw, the Lord of 13 S²bʿn, grant him the favour and the goodwill of their lord S²mr 14 Yhrʿs², the king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydan; 15 at a time when their 16 lord commanded them to govern and levy taxes(?) in the city of 17 Ns²qm, and in Ngrn, for seven 18 years. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 56, w. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Kitchen 1995: 75-81, fig. 1, pl. 9 | Kitchen, Kenneth A. 1995. A royal administrator in Nashqum and Najrān under the Ḥimyarite king Shammar Yuharʿish. c. AD 290, and a squire from Sanaa. With a note by Alfred F.L. Beeston. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 25: 75-81. |