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Ja 2848 ad Gl 1691


Lundin 1965: pl. XIX; Jamme 1976: pl. 10/O (facsimile)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters10-12
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyCommemorative text

TEXT

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   1  Ṣbḥm bn ʾlkrb bkr S¹bʾn mwd S¹mhʿly w-Yṯʿʾmr w-Ḏmrʿly ywm s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹b[ʾ]
   2  [ḫrf w-]dṯʾ b-rs²wt-hw Hyṯʿʾl bn Ṣbḥm bkr S¹bʾn mwd Yṯʿʾmr w-Ḏmrʿly w-Krbʾl
   3  ywm rs²w ʿṯtr s²lṯ rs²wtm b-kl ʾbyt-hw w-ywm s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹bʾ ḫrf w-dṯʾ b-kl
   4  rs²wt-hw

Apparatus
2In Jamme's transcriptions is quoted an additional king "w-Smhʿly", just after Krbʾl. See also RES 3655.

TRANSLATIONS

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.
3Jamme and Robin translate s²lṯ rs²wtm "for a third priestly ministry".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Balaq al-Janūbī
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lundin 1965: 29, 43, 48, pl. XIXLundin (=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: 84-90Jamme, 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/PJamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Robin 1996 a: 1092Robin, 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.