CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)

DASI

Ja 598 MaMB 195


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.3 (max.); 2.1 (min.)
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... mrʾy-]
   2  (h)mw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb[ w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry]—
   3  dn bny Frʿm Ynh(b)[ mlk S¹bʾ ... ... w-l-ḏt nʿmt w-t]—
   4  nʿmn l-hmw w-l-ḫmr-h[mw ... ... w-ʾ]—
   5  ḫfd ṣdqm w-l-hʿn[n-hmw ʾlmqh bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt w-ʿ]—
   6  bṭt s²nʾm b-ʾl(m)[qh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ... ... w-b-s²ym-hmw Tʾ]—
   7  lb Rymm w-Ḥgrm Q(ḥ)[mm ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  [... ...] their two lords
   2  ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān,
   3  sons of Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ [... ...] and because has been and
   4  will be favourable to them, and might He grant to them [... ...] and
   5  perfect grandchild, and might ʾlmqh protect them from the maleficence, malice, slander and
   6  the calamities of the enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm [... ...] and by their Patron
   7  Tʾlb Rymm and Ḥgrm Qḥmm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 16.5, w. 20.5, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 100-101Jamme, 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.