Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 10-12 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Commemorative text |
2 | In Jamme's transcriptions is quoted an additional king "w-Smhʿly", just after Krbʾl. See also RES 3655. |
English | |
1 Ṣbḥm, son of ʾlkrb, first born of S¹bʾn, friend of S¹mhʿly, Yṯʿʾmr and Ḏmrʿly, when ʿṯtr irrigated Sabaʾ in 2 autumn and spring, during his priesthood. Hyṯʿʾl, son of Ṣbḥm, first born of S¹bʾn, friend of Yṯʿʾmr, Ḏmrʿly and Krbʾl, 3 when was priest of ʿṯtr, for three priesthoods, in all His temples and when ʿṯtr irrigated Sabaʾ in autumn and spring, during all 4 his priesthoods. |
3 | Jamme and Robin translate s²lṯ rs²wtm "for a third priestly ministry". |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Janūbī |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Link to site record |
Lundin 1965: 29, 43, 48, pl. XIX | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
Jamme 1966 b: 84-90 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1966. Les listes onomastiques sabéennes de (?) Sirwāh en ʾArhab. Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |
Jamme 1976: 49-50, pls 9/L, 10/M, 10/N, 10/O, 11/P | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
Robin 1996 a: 1092 | Robin, Christian J. 1996. Sheba. II. Dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie du Sud. Pages Coll. 1047-1254 in Jacques Briend and Édouard Cothenet (eds). Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible. Fasc. 70. Paris: Letouzey & Ané. |