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RES 4708 (B 1) Ja 491; Ry 179


Upper side
Konrad Weidemann
photo
Upper side
Konrad Weidemann
photo
Konrad Weidemann
photo
Stupperich and Yule 2014: 345, fig. 7

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḏmrʿly Yhbr w-bn-hw Ṯʾrn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn s²my ḏ-ḫmry mʾdbt-
   2  hmy Bhl ʾḫ(ṭ)r w-S²r(ḥ)s¹myd w-Mgdm bny Ḏrnḥ l-ms³wd byt-hmw Ṣn(ʿ)

Apparatus
1mḫmry (RES).
2ʾḫmr w-S²r S¹myd w-Mldm (RES); ʾḫḍr (al-Iryānī, Avanzini, Jamme); ʾḫ(ṭ)r (Robin). We maintain Robin's reading because this name is well attested in onomastics.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏmrʿly Yhbr and his son Ṯʾrn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, placed what they granted to their vassals
   2  Bhl ʾḫṭr, S²rḥs¹myd and Mgdm, of the family Ḏrnḥ, in the hall of their palace Ṣnʿ.
"Ont érigé ce qu'ils accordèrent à leurs sujets ... pour la salle d'audience de leur palais Ṣnʿ" (Robin).
1-2"have inaugurated what had provided the courtiers of them both [viz. three individuals, who are] of the descendants of Ḏarnaḥ, for the incense sanctuary of their own house" (Jamme).
Robin 1987 c: 135Robin, Christian J. 1987. L'inscription Ir 40 de Bayt Ḍabʿân et la tribu Ḏmry. Appendice: Les inscriptions Gl 1192, Gl 1197 et Gr 27. Pages 113-157 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Avanzini 1996 a: 14Avanzini, Alessandra 1996. Cultura greco-romana e Arabia: le statue di Dhamarali Yuhabirr e suo figlio Tharan. Pages 11-19 in Enrico Acquaro (ed.). Alle soglie della classicità. Il Mediterraneo tra tradizione e innovazione. Studi in onore di Sabatino Moscati. Pisa: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali.
Jamme 1988: 67Jamme, Albert W.F. 1988. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVI. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250299. [Privately printed]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, YM 196=Costa 74
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 230
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern sitean-Nakhlat al-Ḥamrāʾ
Ancient siteYklʾ
Geographical areaal-Ḥadaʾ
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ansaldi 1933: fig. 13Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 255-256Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268.
Rathjens 1955: 95-100, 104, fig. 166, 246, figs 394-396Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel.
Costa 1974: 290 (photograph)Costa, Paolo M. 1974. Note su alcuni pezzi del Museo Nazionale dello Yemen a Sanʿa. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 34: 283-290.
al-Iryānī 1983: 248-273, photosal-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1983. Ḏamārʿalī wa-ibnu-hu Ṯaʾrân yaʿûdân il Ṣanʿâ. al-Iklīl, II/2-3: 248-273. 2024/07/28; https://archive.alsharekh.org/Articles/294/20722/471327.
Weidemann 1983Weidemann, Konrad 1983. Könige aus dem Yemen. Zwei Spätantike Bronzestatuen. Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums.
Robin 1987 c: 134-136Robin, Christian J. 1987. L'inscription Ir 40 de Bayt Ḍabʿân et la tribu Ḏmry. Appendice: Les inscriptions Gl 1192, Gl 1197 et Gr 27. Pages 113-157 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Jamme 1988: 60-67Jamme, Albert W.F. 1988. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVI. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250299. [Privately printed]
Avanzini 1996 a: 11-20Avanzini, Alessandra 1996. Cultura greco-romana e Arabia: le statue di Dhamarali Yuhabirr e suo figlio Tharan. Pages 11-19 in Enrico Acquaro (ed.). Alle soglie della classicità. Il Mediterraneo tra tradizione e innovazione. Studi in onore di Sabatino Moscati. Pisa: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali.
Stupperich and Yule 2014: 346-347, fig. 7Stupperich, Reinhard and Yule, Paul 2014. Himyarite period bronze sculptural groups from the Yemenite highlands. Pages 338-367 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow.