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MAFRAY-Mushjiʿ 18


Christian J. Robin and Jean-François Breton, 1982
Robin and Breton 1982: 607, fig. 13

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [ḏn ms³nd Ḏ]m(r)[ʿly]
   2  [Wtr Yhn]ʿm mlk
   3  [S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R]ydn bn
   4  [S¹mhʿly Ḏr]ḥ yw—
   5  [m ʾlm ʿṯt](r) ḏ-Ḏb—
   6  (n) (w)-(hn)r-hw b-Tr—
   7  ḥ ywm hwṣt k—
   8  l gwm ḏ-ʾlm w-s²ym—
   9  m w-ḏ-ḥblm w-ḥmrm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  This is the inscription of Ḏmrʿly
   2  Wtr Yhnʿm, king of
   3  Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of
   4  S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ, when
   5  he celebrated the ritual banquet of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn
   6  and burnt offerings to Him in Trḥ
   7  when he founded all
   8  the community of the god and Patron
   9  and of the territory and the people.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal al-Lawdh
Ancient siteKwrn
Geographical areaNorthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn
NotesThe stela comes from the temple (building n. 5) at Šiʿb al-Mushjiʿ.
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CULTURAL NOTES

In the sanctuary of the Jabal al-Lawdh the kings of Sabaʾ and dhu Raydān resumed, about six hundred years later, the same rites performed by the earlier mukarribs of Sabaʾ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin and Breton 1982: fig. 13Robin, Christian J. and Breton, Jean-François 1982. Le sanctuaire préislamique du Gabal al-Lawd (Nord-Yémen). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 590-629.