DASI ID: ID: 115
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"CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXV"
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"By kind permission of British Museum"
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] Qbbn of the family Ghḍm ibn [... ...] 2[... ...] lord of Trʿt, he dedicated [... ...] 3[... ...] and his son ʾws¹n[... ...] 4[... ...] ʾws¹n ʿṯtr and ʾnm[... ...] 5[... ...] when Tʾlb appointed (him as a priest) [... ...] 6[... ...] when Tʾlb declared His will [... ...] 7[... ...] in Trʿt three [... ...] 8[... ...] the foundation to the top [... ...] 9[... ...] to Tʾlb the altar [... ...] 10[... ...] he was in charge of the fireplace (?) and he restored [... ...] 11[... ...] and the landlords [... ...] 12[... ...] Tʾlb for the stela (?) [... ...]
Translation Notes:
1in Gl 1209=CIH 338, 1 the name of the family is Ghḍ.
5-6the lines can be compared with Gl 1209=CIH 338, 6: bkn ts²m Tʾlb Mʿhrm mnṣfm ym s¹tyfʿ Tʾlb.
10CIH integrates the preposition b- before the lacuna and translates "quae in anteriore parte pagi", but the comparison with Gl 1209=CIH 338, 13: w-ym tqdm w-ʿs¹n kwr Tʾlb suggests the integration t]qdm.
kwr is mentioned several times in Gl 1209=CIH 338, SD's translation as "hill" is improbable; following ʿs¹n in Gl 1209=CIH 338, 13, we would expect some kind of building. SD's translation is essentially based on CIH 353 and Ir 17; the two inscriptions refer to a military conflict that has taken place b-krwnhn, but in these two contexts we can imaginee that Krwnhn was the name of a place.
Beeston 1937 a: 37 suggests the translation "fire-altar", based on line 8 of Gl 1209=CIH 338. After mentioning the construction of a temple, the inscription goes on to list a series of ritual objects and temple furnishings. I would translate it as "fireplace" based on the hypothesis that it refers to an architectural feature of the temple.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 56, w. 27, th. 9
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Letter Measure: 3.4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Jabal Riyām, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Trʿt
Type of Site: Religious area
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 125163=1887,0629.30
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