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Gr 219 RES 4624; RES 3873; Gl 1324


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By kind permission of S. Rijziger
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Petr A. Grjaznevič
Grjaznevič 1998: n. 192/b
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Maria Höfner
Höfner 1981: pl. VIII/2
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Petr A. Grjaznevič
Grjaznevič 1998: n. 192/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4 (max); 3.5 (min)
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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      [... ...]
   1  [....] kwr Tʾ<l>b b-Yṯʿ[t] [... ...]
   2  [. ..]bn b-qdm Ẓbyn w-mḫḍ [... ...]
   3  Byḥn w-ṣnʿ ʾ[... ...]
   4  w-brṯ ms¹bʾ ʿrn Ḏmrmr bn ryd-hw [... ...]
   5  w-ywm s²rḥ S¹bʾ w-ms¹bʾ-hmw b-ḍr t[... ...]
   6  byn-hmw w-ywm s²rḥ S¹mhʾfq bn Yhʿn q[yl S¹]—
   7  mʿy w-kl qny-hw w-ʾdm-hw ln ḏt fs³l ʿd[y .]—
   8  tkl ʾrḫ-hw w-yhṯb Krbʾl mlk S¹bʾ w-S¹b[ʾ w-]
   9  ʾṣd mlkn ʿs²rn w-mʾtn l-Mʿhrm tʾmnm |

Apparatus
1kwr Tʾ<l>b b-Yṯʿ[t]: compare CIH 338, 13.
2[..]bn: M. Höfner (1981) integrates [ḏy]bn, P. Grjaznevič (1998) [ḏʾ]bn. Comparing the text with the inscription CIH 338, 9: w-ms¹lmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-b qdm Ẓbyn we can restore ḏh]bn.
4Comparing with CIH 338, 12-13 the end of the line could be restored: [ʿdy qmm].
7-8After ḏt fs³l M. Höfner (1981) integrates: ʿd[y ʿrn R]tkl.

TRANSLATIONS

English

      
   1  [....] the fire-altar of Tʾlb in Yṯʿt [... ...]
   2  [... ...] in front of Ẓbyn and he hewed out [... ...]
   3  Byḥn and he reinforced [... ...]
   4  and he leveled the road of the city Ḏmrmr from its lower part [up to the summit],
   5  when He preserved Sabaʾ and their expeditionary force during the war [... ...]
   6  between them. And when He preserved S¹mhʾfq, son of Yhʿn, qyl of
   7  S¹mʿy, and all his properties and his vassals, after that he marched out toward
   8   [.]tkl (during) his enterprise. And Krbʾl, king of Sabaʾ, and Sabaʾ
   9  and the troops of the king gave to Mʿhrm one hundred and ten (pieces) as expression of gratitude.
7-8"seitdem er ausgehauen hatte (den Weg) zur B[urg und (jen)er] zog seinen (d. h. dem vom Stifter angelegten) Weg" (M. Höfner 1981);
"nachdem er ausgezogen (?) war nach (.)TKL (?) (während) seiner Unternehmung" (Stein 2003 a).
Höfner 1981: 39Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Grjaznevič 1998: 74Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1998. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1970-1971 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. (2 vols), Moscow: Glavnaya redakziya vostochnoy literatury.
Stein 2003 a: 226, n. 531; 116, n. 196Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteItwa
Ancient siteʾtwtm
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

According to P. Stein (2005 c), S¹mhʾfq bn Yhʿn qyl S¹mʿy is the son of Yhʿn Ḏbyn bn Ys¹mʿʾl bn S¹mhkrb mlk S¹mʿy, author of the inscription CIH 37.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rhodokanakis 1936: 25-26Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation Altsüdarabischer Inschriften I. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 21-76.
Höfner 1981: 37-39, pl. VIII/2Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Grjaznevič 1998: 73-76, photo 192/a-bGrjaznevič, Petr A. 1998. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1970-1971 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. (2 vols), Moscow: Glavnaya redakziya vostochnoy literatury.
Stein 2005 c: 188, fn. 42Stein, Peter 2005. Linguistic contributions to Sabaean chronology. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 10: 179-189.