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CIH 155
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| 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 | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Chronology is based on the mention of Ydʿʾb Ġyln, king of Ḥaḍramawt (ca. 180-217 CE). |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ... b]-ḏt hws²ʿ-hmw b-hyt s¹bʾ[t]n w-[hw]fy-[hmw ... ...]
2 [... ...] ẓwrw ʾḥmrn b-mṣnʿtn ḏt-ʿrmn ʾtym bn ʾrḍ Ḥmyrm w-ḥmdm-b-ḏt [ḫmr] Tʾ[lb ... ...]
3 [... ...]-hmw w-ʾtmt ʾḫ-hw Ydʿʾb Ġyln mlk Ḥḍrm[w]t w-ḫms¹y-hmw ḫms¹ mlk S¹bʾ w-ḫm[s¹ ... ...]
4 [... ...] ṣdqm ḏ-yhrḍyn-hmw w-bry ʾ[ʾ]ḏnm w-mqymtm [w]-l ṯbr w-ht[l]f[n w]-hlqḥn w-ṣrʿn b[... ...-h]—
5 mw Ḥmln b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn w-Ṯwr Bʿlm bʿly ʾwm w-[ḏt] Ḥmym w-[ḏt Bʿdn]m [... ...]
| In the upper lost part CIH integrates the king of Sabaʾ ʿlhn Nhfn as author of the dedication together with his son and Ydʿʾb Ġyln king of Ḥaḍramawt. However, Jamme notes: "the text was written not by the king, but by at least two (hmw in hws²ʿ-hmw in l.1) persons related to the tribe Ḥumlān, and who may have been descendants of the author of Ja 562" (Jamme 1962: 290). | |
| CIH gives the following integrations: | |
| 2 | [b-kn] (beginning); ʾtmt] (end). |
| 3 | [mlk]-hmw; at the end ḫm[s¹ Ḥḍrmwt]. |
| 4 | [mhrgt]-hmw or [mnlt]-hmw (beginning); b[n s²nʾ s²ʿb-h]mw (ll.4-5). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] that (He) granted them in that expedition, and bestowed them [... ...] 2 [... ...] and (they) besieged the Himyarites (being) in the fortress ḏt-ʿrmn in their return from the land of Ḥimyar, and in praise because Tʾlb granted [... ...] 3 [... ...] ... and the pact of his ally Ydʿʾb Ġyln king of Ḥaḍramawt and their two army forces, the army of the king of Sabaʾ and the army [... ...] 4 proper [... ...] which will satisfy them, and soundness of faculties and material resources, and may [He] crush, destroy, rout and ? [... ... their tribe] 5 Ḥmln, by ʿṯtr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqh Ṯhwn and Ṯwr Bʿlm, the two Masters of ʾwm, ḏt Ḥmym and ḏt Bʿdnm [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The preserved narrative section of this dedicatory text refers to the alliance of a king of Sabaʾ - ʿlhn Nhfn - with Ydʿʾb Ġyln, king of Ḥaḍramawt.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |