DASI ID: ID: 2402
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
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Translations:
1S²rḥbʾl Yʿfr, king of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt, Yamanat and their Arabs of Ṭwdm 2and of Thmt, son of ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd, king of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt, Yamanat and their Arabs 3of Ṭwdm and of Thmt, built, laid the foundations and put in order his house Hrgb, from its foundation to its 4top, he plastered the facades with unburned plaster. For its completion he erected a high roof with 5smooth stones and four windows in alabaster; he put on it a gargouille (?) (in the shape) of bulls sculptured, lions 6and decorative figurines in bronze between sculptured bulls. 7[... ...] in direction to the guard room he erected (columns) in stone in the middle of the hall; 8there he added sculptured columns 9in the middle of the covered room. He completed it 10and provided it with statues of men, ibexes, lions, panthers in bronze. He also repaired 11the dam of Mrb with soil and with a coating of rough stones; he built Rḥbm, and constructed a support of stones 12in the lower part of the dam, in the structure, for one year, with the help and the power of their Lord Rḥmnn, the Master 13of the heaven and of the earth, and with the might and the help of their tribes and their armies of Sabaʾ, Ḥimyar, Ḥaḍramawt and 14Yamanat. These works were completed in the month of ʾln, in the year five hundred seventy-two.
Translation Notes:
4"he rearranged ornaments of plants without ornaments of plants on the facades" (Müller).
6"bells" instead of "decorative figurines" (Müller).
11ms¹rm translated as "with a discharge" (Müller).
Chronological
Period: E
Mentioned Date: 572 Ḥimyar
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 80, w. 120, th. 60
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: bḥlf
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Monogram Name: S²rḥbʾl
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Monogram Name: Yʿfr
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Monogram Name: S²qr
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: King
Symbol Reference Text: Ḥimyarite symbol
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Late Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Relief
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: ẒM 1 A
Spatial
Site: Ẓafār, Ibb, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ẓfr
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ẓafār
institution: Museum
private Collection: false
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