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Schm/Mārib 28
Nebes 1996: fig. 2
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
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1 [Ḏ]mrʿly Yhb(r) [w-b]n(y)-(h)w (Ṯʾr)[n Y]—
2 (h)nʿm mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-(Ḥ)[ḍ]—
3 rmwt l-s¹bʾ w-mṭw w-ḍbʾ b-ʿly
4 Ṣdfn w-ḏ-bn Ḥḍrmwt ḏ-kwn kwn-
5 hmw w-s¹bʾw b-ṯlṯ mʾtm rkbm
6 w-hġrw ʿdy hgrn Ṣwʾrn w-hrgw
7 (w)-s¹by ḫlfn-hw ʿs¹mm-hrgtm w-s¹—
8 (b)ym w-bʿd-n-hw f-s¹bʿw ʾbʿl Ṣwʾ—
9 rn w-bʿd-n-hw f-hġrw ʿqrn w-s¹bʿ—
10 t w-hgzm-hmw l-mtlʾn l-ʾmlk S¹—
11 bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-ʾzmw w-hġrw S²b—
12 m w-qdm-hmw Ṣdfn w-ʾbʿl S²bm w-ṯ(n)—
13 y ʾlfn ʾs¹dm w-ṯlṯ ʾfrs¹m w-tqd—
14 mw b-ʿm-hmw w-hs¹ḥtw hmt Ṣdfn ʿd—
15 y ḥml-hmw S²bm w-hrgw w-bḍʿ bn-h—
16 (m)w ṯty mʾtn ʾs¹dm bḍʿm w-mʾt—
17 [m mhrg](tm) (w)-bʿd-hw f-ḥrbw b-Y[r](s³)
18 [... ...]
| 18 | The text continues after the line 17. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... when to him/them] 1 Ḏmrʿly Yhbr and his son Ṯʾrn 2 Yhnʿm, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu Raydan and 3 Ḥaḍramawt [ordered] to move, march and wage war against 4 Ṣdfn and those among Ḥaḍramawt who gave them 5 support; and they moved with three hundred riders 6 and raided up to the town Ṣwʾrn and killed, 7 take captive its residents with a considerable amount of carnage and 8 captives, subsequently the citizens of Ṣwʿrn surrendered; 9 after that they raided ʿqrn and it surrendered 10 and he made them to swear to assist (in future) the kings 11 of Sabaʾ and ḏu Raydan; they hit hard (?) and raided S²bm; 12 Ṣdfn and the citizens of S²bm and two 13 thousand soldiers and three cavalrymen faced them and they did battle 14 against them and defeated those Ṣdfn up to 15 drive them to S²bm and they killed in the battle among them 16 two hundred soldiers in the battle and hundreds of 17 dead; after that they waged war in Yrs² [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | This inscription was found near the Barʾān Temple. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | For the probable origin of the text from ʾwm, see Nebes 1996: 282. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Nebes 1996 | Nebes, Norbert 1996. Ein Kriegszug ins Wadi Ḥaḍramawt aus der Zeit des Ḏamarʿalī Yuhabirr und Ṯaʾrān Yuhanʿim. Le Muséon, 109: 279-297. |