Ja 711 MaMB 168
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 29
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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 | 1.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S²wf(ʾl)( bn )Ws³l ʿb(d )(Kb)—
2 r-Ḫll hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn
3 (b)ʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbm ḥg-n w—
4 qh-hw b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-hʿnn-hw bn (ḥ)—
5 lẓ ḥqwnhn w-ḥlẓ ymrn-hw d(r)—
6 (m) b-ḫrfm w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmqh-bʿl
7 (ʾ)wm ʿbd-hw S²wfʾl ḥẓy w-r(ḍ)—
8 w mrʾy-hmw [Nmrn ʾwkn] w-ʾḫy-
9 hw Gḥ(ḍm) ʾḥṣn ʾkbrw Ḫll [w-]
10 ʾqynm w-ḏ-S¹ḫymm w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾl—
11 mqh nʿmtm ʾhn-mw ygzn w-l-h—
12 ʿnn-hw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm bn nḍʿ
13 w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²wfʾl, of the family Ws³l, servant of the family Kbr- 2 Ḫll dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3 Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze as He 4 ordered him in His oracle, in order to help him from the sickness 5 of the two loins and the sickness which is being occurred to him 6 one time in a year and may ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm grant him, 7 His servant S²wfʾl, the goodwill and the satisfaction 8 of their two lords Nmrn ʾwkn and his 9 brother Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn, ʾkbrw of Ḫll and 10 ʾqynm and S¹ḫhymm; and may ʾlmqh grant him 11 prosperity whenever he will go; and may 12 ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, save him from the maleficence 13 and the malice of the enemy. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 17.8, w. 19.8, th. 10.7 |
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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 bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 197-198, pl. 29 | 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. |
| Nebes 1994: 196 | Nebes, Norbert 1994. Verwendung und Funktion der Präfixkonjugation im Sabäischen. Pages 191-211 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |