Ja 722 MaMB 186
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 32
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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 | 2.9 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]t w-Kʿbb w-Ṯwbṯwn
2 w-Dds¹my bnt Klwdd ʾlt (S²)—
3 wqm ʾmh ʾlt Nʿmbrl hqn—
4 (yy) [ʾlmq]h Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ṣ—
5 lmn w-ṣlmtn ḏy ḏhbn ḥ—
6 [mdm b-ḏ] [... ...]—
7 [... ...]
8 [... ...]
9 ʿm-hn ʾlmqh [... ...]—
10 ms¹m w-l-yḫmrn ʾlmqh Ṯhwn
11 bʿl ʾwm ʾmh-hw hwn l-hn
12 lb-hw b-ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾ—
13 wm w-Ṯwr-Bʿlm w-ḏt Ḥmym
| 3-4 | Jamme reads an improbable hqnytw. Stein 2003 a: 173, note 102 corrects into hqn(yy). |
| 7-8 | The exact number of missing lines is unknown. |
| 9-10 | Jamme integrates: b-ʾḫms¹m "in armies". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and Kʿbb and Ṯwbṯwn 2 and Dds¹my, daughters of Klwdd, those of 3 S²wqm,servants of those of Nʿmbrl, dedicated 4 to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this 5 statue and this female statue, both in bronze, 6 in praise because [... ...] 7 [... ...] 8 [... ...] 9 with them ʾlmqh [... ...] 10 may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 11 Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant His female vassals to soften for them 12 His heart. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of 13 ʾwm, and Ṯwr Bʿlm and ḏt Ḥmym. |
| 10-11 | Nebes 1987: 92, n. 35 suggests a second translation "that His heart would be well disposed". |
| Nebes 1987: 92, n. 35 | 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 45.9, w. 23.4, th. 8.7 |
| 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 bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 205-206, pl. 32 | 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. |
| Stein 2003 a: 173, note 102 | 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. |