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Jabal Riyām 2006-19
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 181, fig. 2
By kind permission of Jérémie Schiettecatte
By kind permission of Jérémie Schiettecatte
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (R)bs²ms¹m Nmr(n) (bn) Btʿ ʾqwl s²ʿ—
2 bn S¹mʿy ṯlṯn ḏ-Ḥmln hqny s²ym-
3 hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Rḥbn ḏn
4 ṣlmn ḥmdm b-ḏt hwfy-hmw w-b-ḏt (ṣ)—
5 dq-hmw bʾ-mlʾ s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḏ—
6 t ṣdq-hmw b-ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm-hw
7 w-l-ḏt ys¹ʿdn-hmw ḥẓym w-nʿmt
8 [m w]-wfy grybt-hmw w-rḍw w-ḥẓy mr—
9 [ʾ]-hmw Ḏmrʿly Yhbr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry—
10 dn bn Ys¹rm Yhṣdq mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
11 [w-l]-(s¹)ʿd-hmw ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm hnʾ—
12 [m w-l]-wḍʿ w-ṯbr ḍr-hmw w-s²nʾ-hmw w-l
13 [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 (Ra)bbshamsum Nimrān (du lignage de) Bataʿ, prince de la 2 tribu de Samʿī tiers de dhū-Ḥumlān a offert à son patron 3 Taʾlab Riyāmum maître de Raḥbān cette 4 statue en reconnaissance parce qu’Il l’a comblé et 5 lui a accordé les faveurs qu’il Lui avait demandées et parce qu’il 6 lui a accordé les faveurs qu’il Lui avait demandées 7 et pour qu’Il puisse lui accorder chance, bien-être 8 et le bien-être de leurs personnes, la satisfaction et la faveur de leur seigneur 9 Dhamarʿalī Yuhabirr roi de Sabaʾ et dhū-Raydān 10 fils de Yāsirum Yuhaṣdiq roi de Sabaʾ et dhū-Raydān. 11 Puisse-t-Il lui accorder de bonnes et abondantes récoltes 12 et qu’Il humilie et écrase leurs ennemis et leurs adversaires qu’Il 13 … … … |
| 5-6 | "He bestowed on him the favours he sought from Him and may He bestow the favours he seeks from Him" (Arbach, Schiettecatte, al-Ḥājj 2021: 76). |
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 181-182 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2017. Inscriptions sabéennes du Jabal Riyām (Yémen) et nouvel éclairage sur les rois de Sabaʾ au IIe siècle de l’ère chrétienne. Semitica et Classica, 10: 179-193. 2019/10/01; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.114953. |
| Arbach, Schiettecatte and al-Ḥājj 2021: 76 | Arbach, Mounir, Schiettecatte, Jérémie and al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2021. The kingdom of Sabaʾ in the second century CE - A reassessment. Pages 69-84 in Christian Darles, Lamya Khalidi and Mounir Arbach (eds). Contacts between South Arabia and the Horn of Africa, from the Bronze Age to Islam. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Midi. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 80, w. 37 |
| 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 Rymm bʿl Rḥbn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn bn Btʿ will be king of Sabaʾ.
Ḏmrʿly Yhbr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn Ys¹rm Yhṣdq mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn is documented in many inscriptions (Ir6, CIH 365, CIH 457, RES 4708, RES 4775+4776, BynM 3, Kh-Garf An-Nuʿīmīya 15, Kh-Umayma 1, Zubayrī-al-ʿAwd).
The king Ḏmrʿly Yhbr ruled over Ḥimyar at least from 137 to 157 AD, and for a short period he ruled over Sabaʾ too; during this period the inscription Jabal Riyām 2006-19 was composed (cf. Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 182-183).
Ḏmrʿly Yhbr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn Ys¹rm Yhṣdq mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn is documented in many inscriptions (Ir6, CIH 365, CIH 457, RES 4708, RES 4775+4776, BynM 3, Kh-Garf An-Nuʿīmīya 15, Kh-Umayma 1, Zubayrī-al-ʿAwd).
The king Ḏmrʿly Yhbr ruled over Ḥimyar at least from 137 to 157 AD, and for a short period he ruled over Sabaʾ too; during this period the inscription Jabal Riyām 2006-19 was composed (cf. Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 182-183).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 181-184, fig. 2 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2017. Inscriptions sabéennes du Jabal Riyām (Yémen) et nouvel éclairage sur les rois de Sabaʾ au IIe siècle de l’ère chrétienne. Semitica et Classica, 10: 179-193. 2019/10/01; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.114953. |
| Arbach, Schiettecatte and al-Ḥājj 2021: 76-77, fig. 2 | Arbach, Mounir, Schiettecatte, Jérémie and al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2021. The kingdom of Sabaʾ in the second century CE - A reassessment. Pages 69-84 in Christian Darles, Lamya Khalidi and Mounir Arbach (eds). Contacts between South Arabia and the Horn of Africa, from the Bronze Age to Islam. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Midi. |