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132 THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS AND THE 0. T.
Sargon mentions as the land of a tributary king It-'-am-
146 a- r a i. e. Jatha^amir iDXI^n"* Khorsab. 2 7. And it is
certainly understood to be referred-to in the Sabaeans
whom Tiglath-Pileser II represents beside the unquestion-
ably North- Arabian Mas'aeans and Theraatites, as those
from whom he had received tribute in the form of camels
and spices * among other things, which gifts he had likewise
received from the above-mentioned tribes. In this nothing
is implied which is opposed to the supposition that these
North-Arabian Sabaeans were connected with those of
South-Arabia. It has not, however, been possible hitherto
to determine with any certainty whether those of North and
South Arabia formed one large community, or whether the
former constituted a politically independent body. Yet
there is, at all events, nothing to prevent us from assuming
that the power of the South-Arabian Sabaeans extended a
considerable distance Northwards at the time of Tiglath-
Pileser II and of Sargon, and that they formed trading centres
in North-Arabia and founded settlements which remained
in later times in close relation to the mother-country. This
supposition would satisfactorily explain the appearance of
Sabaeans in North- Arabia , which is confirmed not only
by the Bible but also by the testimony of the inscriptions.
Comp. also Job I. 15, and see further in Keilinsch. u. Gesch.
pp. 40; 87 foil.; 2 til foil., as well as the remarks above on
chap. X. 7.
4. "C'i;. This Midianite EphS, should with Delitzsch
Parad. p. 304 be identified with the Hajapa, HaipS,** of
* Respecting the Assyrian term here employed, see my essay on
"Ladauum and Palm" &c. in the Monatsberichte der Akademie der
Wissenschaften, Berlin 1881, pp. 413 foil.
** That is instead of Chajap (Chaiap) = Haj ap (Haiap) should be