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RES 2863 CIH 406
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Halévy's copy, with a correction suggested by Bron 2010 a (l.8). |
TEXT
[... ... ʾfql]—
1 l(m ṣ)dqm b-[... ...]
2 ḏ-yhrḍyn-hm[w ... ...]
3 w-mqymtm w-ʾwldm ʾḏ[krm ... ...]
4 rḍw s²ʿb-hmw ʾs²qn w-nḍʿ (ḍ)r[m w-]
5 l-wzʾ ʾlmqh bʿl-S²bʿn h[wfy-hmw b-s¹bʾ]—
6 t w-ʿqm[t ]wqh-hw mrʾ-hmw m[lk S¹bʾ]
7 w-l-hʿnn ʾlmqh bʿl-S²bʿn [... ...]—
8 w ʾl(r)m w-Wd(ʾ)b w-(Y)rb bny (ʿ)zz[ʾl b]—
9 [n bʾs¹]tm w-nkytm w-ḥ[... ...]
10 | w-bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-[... ...]
| 1 | b-[ms²ymt-hmw (CIH). |
| 2 | hyhrḍyn s²ʿb-hm{|}w (Halevy's copy). |
| 4 | w-rḍw s²ʿb-hmw (Halevy's copy). |
| 7-8 | [ʿbd-h]w (CIH). Halévy read this names in l.8: ʾl(r)m w-Wd(d)m w-(Y)s²b[m] bny (ʿ)zz[m], but their reading has been corrected by Bron on the basis of FB-al-Bayḍāʾ 1, 1-2. |
| 9 | w-ḥ[rym (CIH). |
| 10 | w-[qḥl s²nʾm (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] good 2 crops in [... ...] 3 which may satisfy them [... ...] 4 and material resources and healthy children [... ...] 5 the satisfaction of their tribe ʾs²qn and the maleficence of the enemy; and 6 may ʾlmqh, Master of S²bʿn, continue to protect them in all the enterprises 7 and expeditions (?) they were ordered by their lord the king of Sabaʾ, 8 and may ʾlmqh, Master of S²bʿn, help [his servant] 9 ʾlrm and Wdʾb and Yrb, banū ʿzzʿl 10 against the harm, the mischief and [... ...] 11 and against the maleficence, malice and [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2010 a | Bron, François 2010. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. Semitica et Classica, 3: 163-175. |