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CIH 195
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 115, fig. 86
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 115, fig. 86
Rijziger 2018: 151, fig. 34
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
| Dating based on ʾnmrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ (Robin 1996 a: 1135): ca. 165-179 CE. The author of this text is also the author of Ja 562. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [h](q)nyw s²ym-hmw T[ʾ]lb [Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm]
3 [ḏ]n ṣlm(n) ḥmdm b-ḏt hwf[y]-h[mw Tʾlb R—
4 y]mm b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾw b-[ʿm-hw b-kn ʾt]—
5 w ʿdy hgrn Mryb l-s²(wʿ)n mrʾ-hmw ʾnmr—
6 m Yhʾm[n] ml(k) [S¹bʾ] bn Whbʾl Yḥz mlk [S¹—
7 b]ʾ w-ḥm(dm) [b-ḏt] (hʿn) (w)-[m](t)ʿ[n Tʾlb Rymm ] [ʿ—
8 bd-hw] S¹(ḫ)[mn] (bn) Bt(ʿ) bn [ʾ](r)ḍ [....]
9 [.. h]yt s¹bʾtn w-[... ...]
10 [.](ʾ)[w]ln [b]-wfym (b)[n ... ... ]
11 l-qbly [....] lw[...]s² [....]
12 [...] Kbr ʾqynm w-rbʿ mr[... ʾmrʾ-hm—
13 w ʾmlk S¹b]ʾ b-ʿbr bny ḏ-Rydn w-(l)-(ḫ)[mr-hmw]
14 [Tʾlb Ry]mm hw(f)yn ʿbd-hw S¹(ḫ)[mn bn Btʿ b]-
15 [kl ʾmlʾ y](s¹)tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l -[s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmt—
16 m w-wfy]m w-mngt ṣdqm w-(ḥẓy) w-[rḍw mrʾ-h—
17 mw ʾnmrm Yhʾmn] (mlk) (S¹bʾ) [bn Whbʾl Yḥz
18 mlk S¹bʾ] [... ...]
| 1 | According to CIH the text is written by ʾnmrm Yhʾmn king of Sabaʾ, son of Whbʾl king of Sabaʾ. More probable the integration by Rijziger 2018: 151: S¹ḫmn Yhṣbḥ bn Btʿ (see ll. 8 and 14). |
| 15-16 | Integration suggested by Rijziger. |
| 16-18 | From the end of line 16 to the end of the text: integration by Rijtiger. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [S¹ḫmn Yhṣbḥ, of the family Btʾ ... ...] 2 dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb [Rymm, Lord of S²ṣrm] 3 this statue in praise because Tʾlb Rymm satisfied 4 them in all the favours they sought from Him, when [yhey came] 5 to the city of Mryb in order to perform services to their lord [ʾnmrm] 6 Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ, son of [Whbʾl Yḥz, king of] 7 Sabaʾ and in praise because Tʾlb Rymm saved and protected His servant 8 S¹ḫmn, of the family Btʿ from the land [... ...] 9 those expeditions and [... ...] 10 he came back from [... ...] 11 [... ...] 12 [... Kbr ʾ]qynm [... ...] [their lords] 13 [the kings of Sabaʾ] against the family ḏu-Raydān; may Tʾlb Rymn accorded 14 them to gratify His servant S¹ḫ[mn, of the family Btʿ] 15 in all the favours they will seek from Him; may He grant them [prosperity 16 and safety] and good luck and the goodwill and [the satisfation 17 of their lord ʾnmrm Yhʾmn], king of Sabaʾ, [son of Whbʾl Yḥz, 18 king of Sabaʾ ... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 65, w. 30 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 115-117 (facsimile) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Robin 1996 a: 1135 | Robin, Christian J. 1996. Sheba. II. Dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie du Sud. Pages Coll. 1047-1254 in Jacques Briend and Édouard Cothenet (eds). Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible. Fasc. 70. Paris: Letouzey & Ané. |
| Rijziger 2018: 151-152, fig. 34 | Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111. |