Ry 541 Geukens 9
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957 a: pl. 1/541
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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 | 2.1 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ... ʾml]—
2 ʾ s¹tmlʾn [b-ʿm-hw b-ms¹ʾl-hw w-l-wzʾ ʾ]—
3 lmqh- Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr w-hwfyn ʿ—
4 bd-hw Rbʿṯt Yġnm b-kl ʾmlʾ w-t—
5 bs²r yzʾn s¹tmlʾn w-tbs²rn b-ʿm-h—
6 w w-l-ḫmr-hw ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ns²—
7 ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry—
8 dn w-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-l-ḫryn-
9 hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm bn bʾs¹t—
10 m w-nkytm w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt w-ʿbṭ
11 s²nʾm w-mhbʾs¹m ḏ-bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-
12 bn-hw ʾl dʿw w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh
13 Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm nʾd ʾṯmrm bn kl
14 ʾs¹rr-hmw w-ms²ymt-hmw w-mfnt-hmw
15 w-frʿ ʾmyrt dṯʾ w-ḫrf w-s¹ʿs¹ʿm w-
16 mlym mhs²fqm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] the 2 favours he sought from Him in His oracle and may continue 3 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, to grant and bestow 4 His servant Rbʿṯt Yġnm in all favours and 5 good news he will continue to request and receive from Him 6 and may He grant him favour and goodwill of their lord 7 Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 8 and soundness of faculties and material resources and may 9 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, save them from misfortune, 10 mischief, maleficence, malice, slander and calamity 11 of any enemy and evildoer, the one they are aware of and 12 the one they are not aware of, and may ʾlmqh 13 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm grant them abundance of crops from all 14 their valleys, their fields and their irrigated lands 15 and first-fruits of the cereal crops of spring and autumn and summer and 16 winter in abundance. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 861 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 48.8, w. 35, th. 13.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | The object was reemployed in the wall of Government House. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957 a: 100-104, pl. I/541 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quinzième série. Le Muséon, 70: 97-126. |
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 3, 9, 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. |