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CIH 353
Calvet and Robin 1997: 161, cat. 81
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 |
TEXT
1 [... ...] (w)-S¹ʿdtʾlb Yhs²ʿ w-bny-hmw Mḥm{|}dm
2 [... ... b]nw Ms²ʿrn hqnyw s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm
3 [bʿl Ḥdṯnn ... ...]-(ʿ)ly-hw ṣlmm ḏ-ḏhbm ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr w—
4 [... ... S¹ʿdtʾ](l)b Yhs²ʿ bn Ms²ʿrn b-kl s¹bʾt w-ḍbyʾ w-m—
5 [hrgt ... ... M]rb w-nẓr-hw b-kn hrgw qrn ʾḥmrn b-h—
6 [grn ... ...]-hw f-tṣnʿw b-hgrn Ḍhr w-mwr-hmw b-hw mlk—
7 [nhn Ys¹rm Yhnʿm w-S²m]r Yhrʿs² mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-kl mṣr Ḥ[my]—
8 [rm ... ...] (h)grn Ḍhr w-ẓwr-hmw b-hw ʿdy s¹tmtw bn[.]
9 [... ...] ḥblw mrʾy-hmw Yrm w-Brg bny Btʿ w-Hmd(n) |
10 [... ...] ʾrydn w-ʿs²r S¹fln w-ʾʿrb Mrb w-Ḏʾbn ʾr—
11 [s²m ... ...h]ʿnw bʿd-hmw mrʾy-hmw S²fʿṯt ʾs²wʿ w-Yrm ʾy—
12 [mn ... ...]m w-hdrk-hmw b-Kwrnhn w-hqḏ-hmw s¹by-hmw
13 [... ...]w ʿs²ry w-ṯlṯ mʾnm (ʾ)s¹dm bḍʿm w-ʾrydn f-ẓwrw
14 [... ...] s¹bʿw kl mḥfdt Rydt w-kl mṣnʿ ʾrydn w-
15 [... ...]nhn Ḍbʿm w-Bḍʿtm w-ʾtww bn kl ʾlt s¹bʾtn
16 [... ...] w-ġnmm ḏ-hrḍw-hmw w-ḥmdm b-ḏt hwrʿw w-s¹—
17 [... ... m]ḥfdn ḏ-S¹bʾyn mnhmtm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw Tʾlb R—
18 [ymm ... ...] ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²y—
19 [mt-hmw ... ...](b)-Tʾlb-Rymm bʿl Ḥdṯnn
| 1 | Beeston read Mḥmmdm as a parallel with the Ar. name Muḥammad (with the geminated radical shown in the writing). Cf. Stein 2003 a: 14, fn. 77. |
| 3 | [bʿl Ḥdṯnn mṯkḥm w-b] (Robin). |
| 3-4 | b-ḏt ḫmr w[fy (Robin). |
| 15 | kwr]nhn (Robin). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and S¹ʿdtʾlb Yhs²ʿ and their sons Mḥmdm 2 [... ...] descendants of Ms²ʿrn dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm 3 Master of Ḥdṯnn [... ... and] upon it a statue in bronze, in praise because [Tʾlb] granted 4 [... ...] S¹ʿdtʾlb Yhs²ʿ descendant of Ms²ʿrn from all the expeditions, battles and 5 fights [... ...] Mrb, and his protection (or: guard) when they slaughtered the garrison of the Himyarites in the 6 city [... ...], and fortified themselves in the city of Ḍhr, and there besieged them the kings 7 Ys¹rm Yhnʿm and S²mr Yhrʿs², kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and all the army of Ḥimyar 8 [... ...] the city of Ḍhr, and there they invested them until they died .. 9 [... ...] their two lords Yrm and Brg descendants of Btʿ and Hamdān concluded a pact 10 [... ...] the ʾrydn, S¹fln, the bedouins of Mrb and Ḏʾbn ʾr- 11 s²m [... ...] and after them (or: thereafter) they helped their two lords S²fʿṯt ʾs²wʿ and Yrm ʾy- 12 mn [... ...] and they overtook them at Kwrnhn, and seized their captives 13 [... ...] three hundred and twenty men were killed, and as for the ʾrydn, they besieged 14 [... ...] all the towers of Rydt and the fortresses of the ʾrydn surrendered and 15 [... ...] the two [hills ?] Ḍbʿm and Bḍʿtm, and they came back from all those expeditions 16 [... ...] and a booty which satisfied them, and in praise because they repulsed and 17 [... ...] the tower ḏ-S¹bʾyn in polished stone; and may Tʾlb R- 18 ymm grant [... ...] good harvests and crops in all their lands and fields 19 [ ... ...] by Tʾlb Rymm, Master of Ḥdṯnn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 57, w. 38, th. 8 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
| Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḥdṯnn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The inscription describes a military campaign of Sabaeans in the territory of Ḥimyar in order to put down a rebellion. The event happened during the reign of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm and his son S²mr Yhrʿs².
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 159-161, cat. 81 | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |