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RES 3656 Gl 1759 a/b+1767+1779; Gl 1759 a/b; Gl 1767; Gl 1779; Ja 2848 ar
Jamme 1976: pl. 13/u
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7-8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 Wddʾl Rymn bn ʾbkrb bn Ṣbḥrm ḏ-Ḫll
2 Bʿṯtr bn Wddʾl bn Ṣbḥrm ḏ-Ḫll ywm rs²w ʿṯtr |
3 w-fdy-hw bn kl ʾbyt-hw w-s¹qy ʿṯtr ḫrf w-dṯʾ b-rs²wt-hw |
4 ln yḥwr ʿd(y) Ns²qm |
5 ʿmkrb bn Wddʾl bn Ṣbḥrm ḏ-Ḫll |
6 ywm rs²w ʿṯtr w-fdy-hw bn kl ʾby—
7 t-hw w-s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹bʾ w-gw<m>
8 ḫrf w-dṯʾ
| 3 | The line is dextrograde. Jamme adds w-s¹qy ʿṯtr [S¹bʾ]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wddʾl, Rymn, son of ʾbkrb, ibn Ṣbḥrm, of Ḫll. 2 Bʿṯtr, son of Wddʾl, ibn Ṣbḥrm, of Ḫll, when he was priest of ʿṯtr 3 and (ʿṯtr) released him from (his obligations in) all His temples, and ʿṯtr irrigated during autumn and spring, during his priesthood 4 since he has settled at Ns²qm. 5 ʿmkrb, son of Wddʾl, ibn Ṣbḥrm of Ḫll, 6 when he was priest of ʿṯtr and ʿṯtr released him from (his obligations in) all His 7 temples and irrigated Sabaʾ and the community 8 during autumn and spring. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Janūbī |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lundin 1965: 33, 43, 49, 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. |
| Wissmann 1975: 13 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1975. Über den Inschriftenkomplex einer Felswand bei einem ʿAṯtar-Tempel im Umkreis von Marīb. Anhang: Saba's Früheste bekannte Herrscher. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 9. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 298). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Jamme 1976: 54-55, pl. 13/U (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |