CIAS 39.11/o 4 n° 1 Ja 2116
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿbd(ʾ)[bhw ... ...](m) mqt—
2 wy Yṣbḥ bn ʿṯkln hqny (ʾ)—
3 lmqh-Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhb(n)
4 ḥmdm b-ḏt-ḫmr ʾlmqh ʿbd-hw ʿb—
5 dʾbhw hgbʾn l-mrʾ-hmw ṣdq-
6 hw b-ḏ-ḏmr-hw s²nʾn w-b-ḏ-ḫmr ʾ—
7 lmqh ʿbd-hw mtʿn grb-hw bn
8 ḥrmn hḥrm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh mt—
9 ʿn grb ʿbd-hw ʿbdʾbhw
10 bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-nḍʿ
11 w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmq—
12 (h)-ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hw Yṣbḥ ʾ—
13 s²wʿ bn ʿṯkln b-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbdʾbhw [... ...] mqtwy 2 of Yṣbḥ of the clan ʿṯkln dedicated to 3 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm the statue in bronze, 4 in praise because ʾlmqh granted His servant 5 ʿbdʾbhw the rendering of his justification to his lord 6 in the (case) in which the enemy (two enemies?) had denounced him; and because ʾlmqh granted 7 His servant the safety of his person from 8 the ban which he had occurred. And may ʾlmqh continue to save 9 the person of His servant ʿbdʾbhw 10 from evil and distress, and from the harm 11 and malice of any enemy, and may ʾlmqh grant him 12 the goodwill and the satisfaction of his lord Yṣbḥ 13 ʾs²wʿ of the clan ʿṯkln, by ʾlmqh. |
| 8 | Mazzini 2020: 44: 'from the 'interdiction' which was applied'. |
| Mazzini 2020: 42-44 | Mazzini, Giovanni 2020. The Ancient South Arabian royal edicts from the Southern Gate of Timnaʿ and the Ǧabal Labaḫ. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 8). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 431=AM 858 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 26, w. 17, th. 11.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 20-21, pl. IV | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |
| CIAS: ii, 65-68, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |