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"CIH: pl. XXIX"

Text:

Translations:

1ʿlhn Nhfn and his son S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ, descendants 
2of Yrm ʾymn king of Sabaʾ dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb 
3Rymm Lord of Trʿt thirty statues of bronze in praise because 
4Tʾlb favoured them by completing (the collection of) the incense (ṭyb and ṣrf) which they asked for (?) and planted 
5for their place (sanctuary?) Yhgl, a hundred measures of ṣrf and all their plantations and all 
6the channels (?) and vegetable gardens up to the canal of the watered ground (or, ʿmid trees) and the supports in the young plantations 
7and all the irrigation of the orchard (or, vegetable garden) and the water distributor and all the ...(?)... of Qyhrn which they ..(?).. towards 
8the north, towards the city Lqṭ; and for the cella (or, peristyle) eight s¹rwr (measures) and all their presses (?) (or, plantations?) 
9and the irrigation of the orchard (or, vegetable garden) and his irrigational installation and all the mid part of this cella (or, peristyle) altogether. In gratitude 
10because, when a mission had been sent to him by Gdrt king of the Habashites seeking an alliance with them, 
11this alliance was duly concluded between the Sabeans and Gdrt; whereby they swore to maintain a united front, 
12for war or peace, in relation to anyone committing aggression against them in war and that in truth 
13and good faith there should be an alliance between Silḥīn and Zrrn, that is to say, between ʿlhn and Gdrt for the rest of their lives. In gratitude 
14because their alliance with the Habashite king was thus concluded and in gratitude because he protected all the 
15ʾqwl and mqtt whom the contracting parties sent to each other, on sea or land, and all the subventions 
16and gifts which they exchanged with each other. Also in gratitude because a defeat was inflicted to ʿmʾns¹ of Sanḥān and 
17the commune of Ḫwln in the war which the latter instigated and sought against their lords the kings of Sabaʾ 
18and they despatched S²bt bin al-ʿAlī to the Raydanites in order to gain the latters' support for war against their 
19lords the kings of Sabaʾ, and some (Sabaean) communes campaigned in order to take reprisals on them for this war which they 
20had initiated, and overcame the folk of the town of al-Ḥaql and ravaged all their lands; and subsequently these pledged 
21faith and surrendered to their lord ʿlhn king of Sabaʾ and despatched two hostages, named 
22ʾs²ms¹ of Rym and Ḥārith of Ydm and sued for peace and witnessed qhtm? declared (their) obedience and may Tʾlb 
23continue to put to rout and defeat their wars and their enemies; by their Patron Tʾlb Rymm.

Translation Notes:

22Beeston 1937 a: 33-34 gives two possible translations "declared (their) obedience" or "submitted to the (royal) command".

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone

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
Royal Inscription: Yes

Spatial

Site: Jabal Riyām, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Trʿt
Type of Site: Religious area
Deposit:
settlement: Berlin
institution: Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum)
private Collection: false
identification Number: 2669

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