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Ir 1 ZI 70; Sh 11
By kind permission of Somaya Abdualla
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Iryānī gives a division of the text into paragraphs, without respecting the lines. The lines are here divided, with some corrections, after a new photo. |
TEXT
1 Hwtrʿṯt Ys²ʿr bn
2 Kbs¹ym ʾqwl s²ʿbn
3 Tnʿmm w-Tnʿmt hqny ʾl—
4 mqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ṣl—
5 mn ḥg-n wqh-hw b-ms¹ʾ—
6 l-hw w-ḥmdm b-ḏt ṣdq-hw b-
7 ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-hw w-l-w—
8 zʾ ṣdq w-hwfyn ʾlmqh
9 ʿbd-hw Hwtrʿṯt b-kl ʾmlʾ
10 ys¹tmlʾn b-ʿm-hw
11 w-l-s¹ʿd-hw rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ḏmrʿly Wtr
12 Yhnʿm mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b—
13 n S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ w-l-s¹ʿd-hw ʾ—
14 lmqh nʿmtm w-mngt ṣdqm—
15 w-l-ḫryn-hw bn bʾs¹tm w-nky—
16 m w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh
| 1 | Ys²kr (Iryānī). |
| 3 | hqnyw (Iryānī) |
| 5 | wqh-hmw (Inan). |
| 8 | ʾlmqh ṣdq w-hwfyn (Iryānī) |
| 11 | w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh (Iryānī) |
| 13 | w-l s¹ʿd-hmw (Iryānī) |
| 15 | l-ḫryn-hmw (Sharaf ad-Dīn) |
| 15-16 | nkytm (Sharaf ad-Dīn and Inan). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwtrʿṯt Ys²ʿr of the family 2 Kbs¹ym, ʾqwl of the tribe 3 Tnʿmm and Tnʿmt, dedicated to 4 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm, the 5 statue as He ordered him in His 6 oracle and in praise because He has bestowed upon him 7 all the favours he sought from Him and might 8 ʾlmqh continue to bestow and offer upon 9 His servant Hwtrʿṯt all the favours 10 he will seek from Him. 11 Might He grant him the goodwill of his master Ḏmrʿly Wtr 12 Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān,son 13 of S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ and might 14 ʾlmqh grant him prosperity and good luck 15 and might He deliver him from misfortune, mischief, 16 maleficence, malice of enemy; by ʾlmqh. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Sharafaddīn 1967: 59-60 | Sharafaddīn, Aḥmad H. 1967. Taʾrīḫ al-Yaman al-ṯaqāfī. Cairo. |
| al-Iryānī 1973: 2-4 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1974: 239-240 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1974. Himyaritica 3. Le Muséon, 87: 237-263. |
| ʿInān 1976: 394 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 41-46 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |