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RES 3655 Gl 1757 a/b


Lundin 1965: pl. XIX

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  | Ṣbḥm bn (ʾl)krb bkr S¹bʾn mwd S¹mhʿly w-Yṯʿʾmr w-Ḏmrʿly ywm s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹b[ʾ ḫ]—
   2  [rf w-] ḏṯʾ w-b-rs²wt-hw Hyṯʿʾl bn Ṣbḥm bkr S¹bʾn mwd Yṯʿʾmr w-Ḏmrʿly w-Krbʾl w-S¹mhʿly
   3  | ywm rs²w ʿṯtr s²lṯ rs²wtm b-kl ʾbyt-hw w-ywm s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹bʾ ḫrf w-dṯʾ b-kl
   4  rs²wt-hw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṣbḥm, son of ʾlkrb, first born of S¹bʾn, friend of S¹mhʿly, Yṯʿʾmr and Ḏmrʿly, when ʿṯtr irrigated Sabaʾ during
   2  autumn and spring and during his priesthood. Hyṯʿʾl, son of Ṣbḥm, first born of S¹bʾn, friend of Yṯʿʾmr, Ḏmrʿly, Krbʾl and S¹mhʿly,
   3  when he was priest of ʿṯtr for three times in all His temples, and when ʿṯtr irrigated Sabaʾ during autumn and spring, during all
   4  his priesthood.
Jamme translates 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: 33, 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 1976: 49-52, pls 9 J, 9 L, 10 M, 10 N, 10 O, 11 P,12 Q (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.