BR-M. Bayḥān 3 MuB 3
Robin and Bāfaqīh 1980: Pl. 2
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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 | 1.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Rṯd](ʾl)w (bn)[ ... ... hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn]
2 bʿl-ʾwm ḏn ṣlm[n ... ... ḥmdm b-ḏ]—
3 t hwfy-hw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm b-[kl ʾmlʾ s¹tm]—
4 lʾ b-ʿm-hw w-l-yzʾn ʾlmqh hwfyn ʿbd-h[w]
5 b-ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾn b-ʿm-hw w-l-hwfy mrʾy-h—
6 w ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn ml—
7 ky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ w-
8 ḥmd b-ḏ<t m>tʿ grb ʿbd-hw Rṯdʾlw bn ʿs¹m mrḍ—
9 tm w-ḥlẓtm ḏ-s¹b-hw w-ḥmd b-ḏt mtʿ ʿbd-h—
10 w bn dḫf frs¹ dḫf b-hw b-Ṣnʿw w-l-yzʾn ʾlmq—
11 h mtʿn ʿbd-hw bn-ʾʾrḫm-s¹wʾm w-l-ḫmr-hw w—
12 fy ʾḥṣn-hw w-ʾwld-hw b-hgrn S²bmm w-l-ḫ—
13 mr-hw ʾlmqh ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hw ʾls²r—
14 ḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫ*y-hw* Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-
15 ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmqh s²rḥ l-hw yd-hw
16 w-ls¹n-h<w> w-l-ḫryn-hw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-
17 ʾlmqh bʿl-ʾwm
| 8 | Instead of writing b-ḏt mtʿ, the scribe writes b-ḏtʿ. He has passed, by haplography, from the first to the second t. |
| 9-11 | A previous text is below our text. |
| 14 | The scribe wrote wrongly: ʾḫhyw instead of ʾḫy-hw. |
| 16 | w-ls¹n-h is probably another scribe's mistake for w-ls¹n-hw; see Stein 2003 a: 137 and n. 51. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯd]ʾlw [... ... dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn], 2 the Lord of ʾwm, this statue [... ... in praise because] 3 ʾlmqh, the Lord of ʾwm, granted him his satisfaction in all the favours 4 he asked from Him; may ʾlmqh continue to grant satisfaction to His servant 5 in all the favours he will ask from Him; may He save his two lords 6 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings 7 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydan, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, the king of Sabaʾ; and 8 he praised (Him), because He saved the body of His servant Rṯdʾlw from an amount of 9 maladies and illnesses that afflicted him; and he praised (Him) because saved His servant 10 from the unsaddling of the horse, that unsaddled him in Ṣnʿw; may ʾlmqh continue 11 to save His servant from bad affairs and may He grant him 12 the safety of his vassals and his children in the city S²bmm and may ʾlmqh 13 grant him the favour and the goodwill of his two lords ʾls²rḥ 14 Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ 15 and ḏu-Raydan; may ʾlmqh grant him the safety for him of his hand 16 and his tongue; may He deliver him from the maleficence and the malice of (any) enemy. By 17 ʾlmqh, the Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 3 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 44; w. 24; th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Bāfaqīh 1980: 91-97, pl. 2 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Robin, Christian J. 1980. Inscriptions inédites du Maḥram Bilqīs (Mārib) au musée de Bayḥān. Raydān, 3: 83-112. |
| Nebes 1987: 92 | Nebes, Norbert 1987. Zur Konstruktion von Subjekt und Objekt abhängiger Infinitive in Sabäischen. Pages 75-98 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Stein 2003 a: 137, n. 51 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |