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CIH 431+CIH 438
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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
| End of the 3rd century CE. |
TEXT
[... ... s²ʿ]—
1 b-hmw S¹bʾ w-[... hg]↯rn ʿqrn w-h(g)—
2 (r)n S²bm w-S¹[...] ↯(w)-(l)-(w)zʾ ḫmr-h[m]—
3 (w) mrʾ-hmw ʿ[ṯtr-ḏ-Ḏ]↯bn-bʿl-Bḥr-Ḥ[ṭ]—
4 [b]m ʾdm-hw bn[y ...]↯ w-Mqrm nʿmtm [w]-
5 wfym w-ʾʾrḫ [ṣdqm]↯ w-ḥẓy w-r(ḍ)[w]
6 mrʾ-hmw S²mr [Yhrʿs²]↯ mlk S¹b(ʾ) [w]-
7 ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍr[mwt]↯ (w)-Ymnt bn Y[s¹]—
8 rm Yhnʿm m(l)[k S¹b]↯ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-
9 [l] (h)wfyn-hmw [mrʾ-hw ʿ]↯(ṯ)tr-ḏ-(Ḏbn)-(b)—
10 [ʿl]-Bḥr Ḥṭ[bm ... ...]
| 2 | It could be possible to integrate S¹[yʿn] or S¹[rrn], both being toponyms of Ḥaḍramawt (Robin); however, the preceding noun hgrn cannot refer to the lost second toponym, because it is not at dual. |
| 7 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 and their tribe Sabaʾ and [.....] the town ʿqrn, the town 2 Shibām and [S¹yʿn]; and may ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, 3 Master of Bḥr Ḥṭbm, continue to grant them, 4 His servants, the banū [... ...] and Mqrm, prosperity, 5 safety and good outcomes, and the goodwill and satisfaction 6 of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ, 7 ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt and Yamnat, son of Ys¹rm 8 Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān; and 9 may their Lord, ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, Master of 10 Bḥr Ḥṭbm, grant them [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 4 |
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 4974 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29.5, w. 14.2, th. 4.7 (CIH 431); h. 27, w. 14.4, th. 3.8 (CIH 438) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr bʿl Bḥr Ḥṭbm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 166-168, cat. 86 | 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. |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |