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Dostal 1


Müller, Walter W. 1974 a: pl. XI/37

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodE
Start date - BCE/CE456 CE
End date - BCE/CE456 CE
Date accuracyAccurate
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription is now reemployed in a private house.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]
   2  w[..] (w)-(Ḫ)wl(n) ḫ...w[... ... ] (b)r(ʾw) w-hqs²—
   3  [bn] b(y)t-h(m)w Ng(r)n (b)n mwṯr-(hw) ʿdy mrym-h[w] w-
   4  (h)s²qr-(h)w b-rd[ʾ ]mrʾ-hmw (ʾ)ln (b)ʿ(l) s¹my(n) w-b-r(dʾ) mr(ʾ)-
   5  hmw (S²r)ḥb[ʾl ]Yʿfr ml(k) S¹(b)ʾ (w)-ḏ-Ry(d)n w-(Ḥḍ)rm—
   6  w(t) w-(Y)[mn](t) ( w)-[ʾʿrb-](hm)w (Ṭw)dm w-T(hm)t w-(b)-(ḫ)yl s²(ʿ)b-hm—
   7  w (ḏ)-(Yzn) [... ...]w (ḏn) mqḥ-hmw w-(kw)n (ḏ)n m—
   8  (q)ḥ-hm(w) [b-wrḫn ḏ-M](b)krn ḏ-b-(ḫ)rfn ḏ-l-(s¹)ṯt w-s¹ṯ(y)
   9  (w)-ḫ(m)[s¹ mʾ](t)[m]

Apparatus
Müller's reading cannot be confirmed on the basis of the published photo.
6for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133.
7According to Müller, Yzn is an optional spelling for Yʾzn, similarly to the Arabic tradition. However, this is the only evidence of this form, while as name of tribe it is only found in the form ʾzʾnn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and Ḫwln [... ... ] built and finished
   3  their house Ngrn from foundation to top.
   4  They finished (the work) with the help of their Lord ʾln, the Master of the heaven, and with the help of their lord
   5  S²rḥbʾl Yʿfr king of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍra-
   6  mawt, Ymnt and their Arabs of Ṭwdm and of Thmt and with the power of their tribe
   7  ḏ-Yzʾn (?) [... ...] this completion of them. This completion was
   8  in the month of Mbkrn in the year five hundred sixty-
   9  six.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Qamāʿa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Sirr
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Ngrn
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CULTURAL NOTES

In this text Robin (2003: 118) highlights a contradiction between the invocation of ʾln, which apparently is linked to Jewish (or Judaizing) texts, and the use of the epithet bʿl, being found instead only in monotheistic inscriptions "sans parti pris explicite".

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, Walter W. 1974 a: 139-144, fig. 37, pl. XIMüller, Walter W. 1974. Eine sabäische Inschrift aus dem Jahre 566 der ḥimjarische Ära. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 2: 139-144.
Gajda 1997: 45-46Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence).
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 74Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
Robin 2003Robin, Christian J. 2003. Le judaïsme de Ḥimyar. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 1: 97-172.
Robin 2013Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.