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BynM 1
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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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| See also DhM 201 and DhM 204 with the mention of the king Ṯʾrn. |
TEXT
1 ʿwḏm ʾs²wʿ w-bny-hw Rbbw(d)m b—
2 nw ḏ-Wḍʿm ʾqwl s²ʿbn Wḍʿm hq—
3 nyw mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqh-bʿl-S²bʿn ṣlmm ḏ-
4 ḏhbm l-hʿnn w-mtʿn ʿbd-hw ʿw(ḏ)m ḏ-
5 Wḍʿm bn mrḍn ḏ-kwn b-hw bn ṭ(n)—
6 ft(n) ḏt hs²rʿ (m)rḍ-hw b-qdmy ḏn y—
7 wmn w-hʾ qrnm b-(hgr)n Ns²qm w-ʾ(l)—
8 m(q)h l-zʾn mtʿn ʿbd-hw ʿwḏm ḏ-
9 Wḍʿm bn hwt mrḍn w-bn ḫrgtm w-
10 l-ḫmr-hmw ʾṯmrm w-ʾfqlm ʿdy ms²ym—
11 t-hmw w-ʾs¹rr-hmw w-qẓy-hmw w-ẓrb-h—
12 mw w-l-wfy grybt-hmw w-l-mtʿn-hmw b—
13 n ṭwʿ w-nḍʿ w-tṯʿt s²nʾm ḏ-s²ʿrw w-ḏ-
14 ʾl s²ʿrw w-l-ḫmr-hmw ḥ(ẓ)y mrʾ-(hm)w Ṯʾ—
15 rn w-bny-hw Mlkrym mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd—
16 n w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-S²b<ʿ>n
| 16 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿwḏm ʾs²wʿ and his son Rbbwdm of the 2 family ḏ-Wḍʿm ʾqwl of the tribe Wḍʿm dedi- 3 cated to their Lord ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn a statue 4 in bronze, in order that He should help and save His servant ʿwḏm of 5 Wḍʿm from the sickness which developed in him from 6 the ṭnf plant (?) by which he caused his sickness, before this 7 day, and (while) he was in garrison in the city of Ns²qm. And may 8 ʾlmqh continue to save His servant ʿwḏm of 9 Wḍʿm from that sickness and from any lawsuit, and 10 may He grant them fruits and harvests in their 11 fields, in their valleys, in their two summer crops (or: two lands growing summer crops) and in their proprietary 12 land, and may He protect their persons and may He save them from 13 the subjection, the calumny and the maleficence of the enemy, the one they're aware of and the one 14 they're not aware of, and may He grant them the goodwill of their lord Ṯʾ- 15 rn and his son Mlkrym, the two kings of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, 16 Ḥaḍramawt and Yamnat, by ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baynūn, Museum, BynM 1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 51.5, w. 31, th. 8 |
| 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 |
CULTURAL NOTES
It can hardly be determined whether this king Ṯʾrn, here named with a son of him Mlkrym (this latter elsewhere unknown in sources), should be distinguished from Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm, son of Ḏmrʿly Yhbr, who reigned from 324 to 375 c. AD (cf. Robin 2010 a: 370).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 2010 a | Robin, Christian J. 2010. Ḥimyarite Kings on Coinage. Pages 357-381 in Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen (eds). Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms. Studies in Ancient Arabian Monetization. New York: American Numismatic Society / New York: Oxford: Oxbow. |
| 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. |