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Gr 15
Grjaznevič 1978: fig. 15
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 |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [... ...](ḥ) [w]-(Rbbm) ʾ(ḥ)rs¹ w-Ḥmʿṯ(t)
3 [w-bny]-(hm)w ʾnʿm [w]-ʾḥmd bn(w)
4 [... ... hqnyw] (s²)ym-hmw Tʾlb-Rymm (b)—
5 [ʿl Ḥdṯnn ](ṯ)wrn ḏ-ḏhbm ḥmdm
6 [b-ḏt ... ...]-(h)w Rbbm mqtw(y)
7 [... ...] w-Brg bny Btʿ
8 [... ... w]fym b-kl s¹b(ʾt)
9 [... ...] (m)rʾy-hw Yrm w-Br(g)
10 [... ...] w-(ʾ)rḍ s²ʾmt w-ʾtw (b)-[w]—
11 [fym w-ʾḫ]ḏtm w-s¹bym w-ġnmm ḏ-h—
12 [rḍw-hmw ]ʿdy ḏt ʾqnyt(n) ṯny [...]
13 [ʾs¹d](m bḍʿm) w-ʾḫḏtm w-ḥ[..](r)[... ...]
14 [.] w-l-wzʾ ḫmr ʿbd-hw mhr(g)[tm ... ...]
15 [w]-ḥẓy ʾ(m)rʾ-hmw bny H(m)[dn w-s²ʿb-hm]—
16 w Ḥ(s²d)m (w)-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾf[ql... ...]
17 -hmw w-ms²mt-hmw w-l-hʿ[nn-hmw bn nḍʿ w]-
18 [s²]ṣy s²nʾm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw (ʾ)[... ...]
19 [.] hnʾm b-Tʾlb Ry(m)[m bʿl Ḥdṯnn]
20 S¹lm(n)((s¹lm(n)))
| 5 | bʿl Ḥdṯnn: the epithet of Tʾlb Rymm in Naʿiṭ. |
| 6 | [b-ḏt s¹ʿd ʿbd] (Lundin). |
| 7 | [Yrm ... ...] (Lundin). |
| 8 | [w-Hmdn ʾtw b-w]fym (Lundin). |
| 9 | [s¹bʾ w-s²wʿ] (Lundin). Lundin suggests to identify Yrm and Brg of the family Btʿ with Yrm ʾymn and Brm Yhrḥb, but the identification with other personalities cannot be excluded (cf. Yrm Yrḥb and Brg ʾymn in CIH 352/1-2). |
| 10 | [ʿdy ... ...] (Lundin). |
| 10-12 | The restoration w-ʾtw b-[wfym w]-ḫḏtm w-s¹bym w-ġnmm ḏ-h[rḍw-hmw] is proposed by Lundin on the basis of (e.g.) Ja 577/16, Ja 578/12, 31-33, Ja 590/12-13. |
| 12 | ḏt ʾqnytn: a toponym according to Lundin, but it has been demonstrated that this is a variant of the substantive hqnytn (Beeston; Stein). ṯny ʿ(s²)[r] (Lundin). |
| 13 | ḥ(mr)ḫ[...] (Lundin). |
| 14 | mhrg[ym w-s¹bym] (Lundin). |
| 16 | ʾf[ql bn kl ʾrḍt] (Lundin). |
| 18-19 | ʾ[wldm ʾḏkrm] (Lundin). |
| 20 | The word s¹lmn is inscribed in bigger signs. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] Rbbm ʾḥrs¹ and Ḥmʿṯt, 3 and their sons ʾnʿm and ʾḥmd, banū 4 [... ...] dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm Lord 5 of Ḥdṯnn the bull in bronze in gratitude 6 because [... ...] Rbbm mqtwy 7 [... ...] and Brg banū Btʿ 8 [... ...] safety in all the military expeditions, 9 [... ...] his lords, Yrm and Brg 10 [... ...] and the land of the North. And he came back in 11 safety and with spoils, prisoners and booty that satisfied 12 them until this dedication - two [... ...] 13 men in combat, and spoils and [... ...] 14 and may He continue to grant to his servant spoils [... ...] 15 and the goodwill of their lords banū Hmdn and their tribe 16 Ḥs²dm and may He grant crops [... ...] 17 them and their fields and may He protect them from the harm and malice 18 of any enemy and may He grant them [... ...] 19 healthy. By Tʾlb Rymm Lord of Ḥdṯnn. 20 S¹lmn (or: peace) |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
| Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Grjaznevič 1978: 22-24, fig. 15 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |
| Beeston 1979 b: 93-94 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1979. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography I. Raydān, 2: 89-100. |
| Stein 2003 a: 61 | 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. |