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Jabal Riyām 2006-1
By kind permission of J. Schiettecatte
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 9 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [S¹mh]s¹m[ʿ] (|) [bn] Y(fʿm) mlk S¹mʿy hqny [Tʾlb ... ... b]-
2 S¹mhwḍʾ w-b ʾḫwt S¹bʾ w-S¹mʿy
| 1 | the integration of the king's name, a proper name known in Sabaic (Ja 644, 4-5; Ist 7630, 8), is proposed by the editors of the text. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹mhs¹mʿ, son of Y(fʿ)m, king of Samʿī, dedicated to Tʾlb [... ...] by 2 S¹mhwḍʾ and by the brotherhood of Sabaʾ and Samʿī. |
| 2 | perhaps S¹mhwḍʾis an ancestor of the kings. |
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2012: 40 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2012. Inscriptions inédites du Jabal Riyām des VIIe-VIe siècles av. J.-C.. Pages 37-68 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Offering table |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20, w. 109 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The text is dated by the authors to the 7th century BC. The king of Samʿī is attested for the first time.
The fraternity formula between Sabaʾ and Samʿī places the two kingdoms on a level of equality.
The fraternity formula between Sabaʾ and Samʿī places the two kingdoms on a level of equality.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2012: 40-41, fig 4 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2012. Inscriptions inédites du Jabal Riyām des VIIe-VIe siècles av. J.-C.. Pages 37-68 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. |
| Arbach 2023: 32-35, fig. 1 | Arbach, Mounir 2023. Samʿī, un royaume des Hautes-Terres (au nord de Sanaa) au VIIe siècle av. J.-C.. Pages 31-39 in Iwona Gajda and Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet (eds). Arabie – Arabies. Volume offert à Christian Julien Robin par ses collègues, ses élèves et ses amis. Avec la collaboration de Denise Aigle. Paris: Geuthner. |