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Gr 124 Ḥadaqān 15
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 120 a
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 120 a
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 120 b
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 | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...ʾ]l bn ʾls²rḥ bn[.]
2 [... ...] hqny s²ms¹-hmw ṣlmn
3 [... ...] ʾḥll hrg bn s²ʿbn Ḥ—
4 [m]yrm w-Ḥḍrmwt w-ʿrbn
5 b-ḍr ḍrrw ʾmlk S¹bʾ ʾln
6 [ʾ]s²ʿbn w-l s¹ʿd-hw nʿmtm
7 w-bry ʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-[ʿ]—
8 s¹m ʾḥllm w-ġnmtm w-ml[t]—
9 m w-l s²wf-hmw bn bʾs¹tm [w-]
10 [n]ḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] son of ʾls²rḥ [... ...] 2 dedicated to their solary deity the statue 3 [... ...] spoils which he killed among Ḥ- 4 myrm, Ḥḍrmwt and the beduins 5 in the war which the kings of Sabaʾ waged against those 6 tribes. May He grant him prosperity 7 health of faculties, material resources, numerous 8 spoils, booty, loot; 9 may He save them from harm 10 maleficence, malice of any enemy. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 34.5, w. 22 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt Dughaysh |
| Ancient site | Ḥdqn |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 29-30, photos 120 a, b | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |