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Ja 516 Gr 39
Jamme 1955 e: 129, pl. II (facsimile); Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 71/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [ʾbkrb ʾ]s¹ʿd mlk
2 [S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R]ydn w-Ḥḍ—
3 [rmwt w-Ym]nt w-ʾʿr—
4 [b-hmw Ṭwdm w-Thmt ... ...]ʾn hgrn Ḍ—
5 [hr ... ...]bt ḏ-Ḏmryn
6 [... ... ](n)n S²mr k-ḥw—
7 [... ...] w-hʿzl ml—
8 [k... ...] (m)knn brṯn
| 1 | Lundin reads: S¹myfʿ ʾs²wʿ |
| 3 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. |
| 3-4 | Lundin supposes that in the lacuna there is enough space only for the title: mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt w-ʾʿrb-hmw. |
| 7-8 | ʿzl ml[kn]: "the ruling for the king" (Lundin, on the basis of the comparison with CIH 541/4-5). |
| Letters n reversed. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 40, w. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḍahr |
| Ancient site | Ḍhr |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed in a private building. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1955 e: 113-115, pl. II | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes de la collection Ettore Rossi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 30: 103-130. |
| Grjaznevič 1978: 45, fig. 50 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |
| Robin 1982 a: i, 113-114, pl. 71/a | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
| Gajda 1997: 18-19 | Gajda, 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). |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, 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. |