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Schm/MA 97


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The text is perfectly parallel to Fa 75 and 75 bis.

TEXT

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   1  [Rbm ʾḫṭr w-Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd bny] Gdnn w-(ḏ)-Ḥbtlm w-Zbnr bny Bqrm
   2  [Yʿrr bn Ḥbtlm w-Zbnr h]qnyw mḍḥ-hmw (H)r(n) frs¹nhn w-rkby-hmw
   3  [bn mlt-hmw bn hgrn S²bw]t b-kn s²wʿw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr mlk
   4  [S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlhn Nh]fn mlk S¹bʾ b-kn ḍbʾw Ḥḍrmt

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [Rbm ʾḫṭr and Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, members of (the clans)] Gdnm and (ḏ)-Ḥbtlm and Zbnr, the two sons of Brqm
   2  Yʿrr, descendant of Ḥbtlm and Zbnr,] have dedicated to their tutelary deity Hrn two horses and their two riders
   3  [from their booty from the city S²bw]t as they accompanied their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king
   4  [of S¹bʾ and ḏ-Rydn, son of ʿlhn Nh]fn, king of S¹bʾ, when they waged war on Ḥḍrmt.
Rijziger 2017 b: 242Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 26, w. 93, th. 18
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Hrn
NotesThis inscription is walled in an old structure (cf. Kitchen 2000: 419).
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CULTURAL NOTES

ʿlhn Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ, and his son S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and dhu Raydān, reigned at the end of the 2nd century-beginning of the 3rd century AD (cf. Avanzini 2016: 221).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rijziger 2017 b: 242Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2.
Schmidt 1987: pl. 16/dSchmidt, Jürgen 1987. Antiken aus dem Stadtgebiet von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 131-142.
Avanzini 2016Avanzini, Alessandra. By Land and by Sea. A history of South Arabia before Islam recounted from inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 10). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.