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Mlle Marie-Christine Danchotte
Robin 1994 a: 36/1
Robin 1994 a: 36/1
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 (S¹ʿ)dṯ(wn) [ʾ](s²w)ʿ w-R(bb)m
2 ʿydrm w-bny-hmw ʾs²wʿ
3 bnw ʿṯkln Ms¹ktn mʿhd ʾl—
4 ʾltn hqnyw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn b—
5 ʿl ʾwm ṣlmnhn w-ṣlmtn
6 bn ġnm-hmw bn hgrn S²b—
7 wt b-kn s¹bʾw w-s²*wʿ*n mrʾ-h—
8 mw S²ʿrm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ
9 w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlhn Nhfn m—
10 lk S¹bʾ w-l-ḏt hwfy bn-hw[ R]—
11 bbm ʿydrm bn ḍlʿtm ms¹b—
12 ʾ Qnʾ w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh ḥ—
13 ẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾw—
14 tr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-ʾl—
15 mqh
| 1 | S¹ʿdṯwn ʾs²wʿ : "la lecture de ce nom de personne, difficile aujourd'hui parce que la pierre a perdu plusieurs éclats le long de son arête supérieure, est confirmée par la copie de Sharaf ad-Dīn." (Robin 1994 a: 75). |
| 4, 12 | The w of hqnyw and of mrʾ-hmw are written on a word separator by mistake of the engraver. (Robin 1994 a: 75). |
| 5 | The ṣ and h of ṣlmnhn are written respectively on ʾ and n. (Robin 1994 a: 75). |
| 7 | The inscription shows s²ʿwn, corrected by Robin with s²wʿn. (Robin 1994 a: 76). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdṯwn ʾs²wʿ and R(bb)m 2 ʿydrm and their son ʾs²wʿ, 3 of the family ʿṯkln Ms¹ktn, functionary 4 of the gods, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 5 Lord of ʾwm, the two male statues and the female statue 6 from the booty from the city of S²bwt 7 when they went on an expedition at the order of their lord 8 S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ 9 and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn, 10 king of Sabaʾ, and because He gave protection to his son 11 Rbbm ʿydrm from a malady during the expedition 12 of Qnʾ; may ʾlmqh grant them 13 the favour and the goodwill of their lord S²ʿrm 14 ʿwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān. By ʾlmqh. |
| 3 | mʿhd : "le Dictionnaire sabéen estime que mʿhd désigne un «fonctionnaire du temple». Noter que, dans ce texte, mʿhd est probablement un pluriel, apposé au nom de lignage (comparer avec ʾqyl). (Robin 1994 a: 75). |
| 11 | For ḍlʿt see MAFRAY-Darb aṣ-Ṣabī 1,7. |
| Robin 1994 a: 75 | Robin, Christian J. 1994. Documents de l'Arabie antique III. Raydān, 6: 69-90. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Ms¹ktn (l.3): "au cours de la période des rois de Sabaʾ et de dhū-Raydān, le lignage ʿṯkln semble s'être scindé en deux branches, ʿṯkln ʿṣyt (voir Ja 589/4 etc.) et ʿṯkln Ms¹ktn. Nous avons ici la seule attestation de la seconde. Apparemment, ʿṣyt et Ms¹ktn ne sont pas des noms de personne; ce pourrait être des toponymes. (Robin 1994 a: 75).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Sharafaddīn 1967: 68 | Sharafaddīn, Aḥmad H. 1967. Taʾrīḫ al-Yaman al-ṯaqāfī. Cairo. |
| Robin 1994 a: 74-76, pl. 36/1 | Robin, Christian J. 1994. Documents de l'Arabie antique III. Raydān, 6: 69-90. |