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as-Sawdāʾ 30 RES 2886; M 111
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| Halévy's copy. Different dates have been proposed for the text, based on the mention of the king Ḥfnm Ṣdq (Wissmann: 405 BC; Pirenne: style E3, mid-2nd century BC). On the topic, see Avanzini 1995: 50-52. |
TEXT
1 s²kn ftḥ w-s¹[ṯb] Ḥfnm Ṣdq mlk [Mʿn ... ...]
2 bn Yṯʿkrb ḏ-Ḥdṯ w-b-ʿmh Ḫlyf[ʿ ... ...]—
3 t ḏ-Bʿdʾl k-ʾy ʾṯrt s²wʿnyhn w[... ...]
4 ʾwl f[.] ʾḥdh ʾwl[... ...]
| 2 | Instead of ʿmh, Halévy reads wmh. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Thus decreed and prescribed Ḥfnm S¹dq, king of [Maʿīn ... ...] 2 son of Yṯkrb ḏ-Ḥdṯ and with Ḫlyf[ʿ ... ...] 3 [... ...] ḏ-Bʿdʾl for ʾṯrt the two priests[... ...] 4 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This text contains one of the few references to the goddess ʾṯrt in the Minaic corpus.
The context is fragmentary, but it is clear that two priests are involved. Probably, as is the case in other Minaic texts, the king is wielding the royal prerogative of assigning priests to the god's temple.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Avanzini 1995: 128-130 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
| Pirenne 1956: 218-219 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Wissmann 1976 a: 66 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus. Pages 308–544 in Hildegard Temporini (ed.). Politische Geschichte. (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und der Ferne Osten). Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds), Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. 9/1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter / New York: Walter de Gruyter. |