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Murayghān 3
Robin and Ṭairān 2012: 531, fig. 6
Robin and Ṭairān 2012: 531, fig. 6
Robin and Ṭairān 2012: 532, fig. 9
Robin and Ṭairān 2012: 532, fig. 8
Robin and Ṭairān 2012: 533, fig. 10
Robin and Ṭairān 2012: 531, fig. 7
Robin and Ṭairān 2012: 533, fig. 11
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 15-20 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| For the date of the text, probably of some months posterior to Ry 506, (April/September 552 AD), see Robin and Tairān 2012: 540-542. |
TEXT
1 mlkn ʾbrh Zybmn mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmt w-Ymnt
2 w-ʾʿrb-hmw Ṭwdm w-Thmt s¹ṭrw ḏn s¹ṭrn k-qflw bn ʾrḍ Mʿdm
3 k-s¹tqḏw ʾʿrb Mʿdm ʿ(m)[-n M]ḏrn w-ṭrdw ʿmrm bn Mḏrn w-s¹—
4 tqḏw kl ʾʿrb Mʿdm[ w-H]grm w-Ḫṭ w-Ṭym w-Yṯrb w-Gz(m)
| 1 | In CIH 541, 6 and in DAI GDN 2002-20, 6-7: z-b-Ymn, so Zybmn in Ry 506, 1 was corrected in z-b-Ymn, but here Zybmn is read without doubt. |
| 1 | For Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. |
| 4 | Hgrm and Ḫṭ are two territories in Eastern Arabia. Ṭym is a tribe in a region 600 km north-west of Riyāḍ. Yṯrb is the oasis in the Ḥijāz. The identification of Gzm is less sure, Robin and Tairān 2012: 546 think possible the identification with the tribe of Juḏām in the borders of Palestine between Ayla and Tabūk. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The king ʾbrh Zybmn, king of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt, Ymnt, 2 of their Arabs of Ṭwdm and Thmt, wrote this inscription when he came back from the country of Mʿdm, 3 when he took possession of the Arabs of Mʿdm, from Mḏrn, he drove out ʿmrm, son of Mḏrn, and he 4 took possession of all the Arabs of Mʿdm, Hgrm, Ḫṭ, Ṭym, Yṯrb and Gzm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Dimensions | h. 78, w. 505 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Murayghān |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Tathlith |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
al-Mundhir, the enemy of Abraha, is the son of Imruʾ al-Qays (al-Mundhir III). He reigned in al-Ḥīra 505 to 554 AD.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Ṭairān 2012: 526-549, figs 7-11 | Robin, Christian J. and Taīrān, Sālim A. 2012. Soixante-dix ans avant l'Islam: l'Arabie toute entière dominée par un roi chrétien. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 525-553. |