Ja 594 MaMB 115
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.5-2-1 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ... ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾz]—
2 l Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry(d)<n>( bn)[y F]—
3 rʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḥ(ẓ)[y w-r]—
4 ḍw mrʾy-hmw Nmrn ʾwkn w-[ʾḫy]-
5 hw Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn bny S¹(ʿd)[m]
6 w-l s¹ʿd-hmy ʾlmqhw-Ṯh(w)[n b]—
7 ʿl ʾwm wfy grbt-hmy w-[wf]—
8 y ʾm-hmy w-ʾṯt-hmy w-wld[-hm]—
9 y w-l-s¹ʿd-hmy ʾwldm (ḏk)wr[m]
10 hnʾm w-nʾd qṣ w-ṣrb w-ʾb[r]—
11 q ṣdqm w-l ḫryn-hmw bn nḍʿ
12 w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqhw-Ṯh—
13 wn bʿl-ʾwm
| 10-11 | Jamme reads ʾbq ṣdqm. Correction by Ryckmans. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ... ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl] 2 Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of 3 Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, and for the goodwill and the 4 satisfaction of their lords Nmrn ʾwkn and his brother 5 Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn, of the family S¹ʿdm, 6 and may ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant them 7 the safety of their persons and the safety 8 of their mother and their wives and their children, 9 and may He grant them male healthy children, 10 and abundance of summer crops and harvest season and rainy season, 11 and may He preserve them from the malice 12 and the maleficence of any enemy. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 13 Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 21.4, w. 23.5, th. 9 |
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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 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 98-99, pl. 8 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1966: 479 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1966. Himyaritica 2. Le Muséon, 79: 475-500. |