CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 7 Ry 542
By kind permission of GOAM
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 - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [Mr](ṯ)[d]m w-bny-hw Wh(b)—
2 lt bny Ḏnmm (ʾ)ḥ[ṣ]—
3 nn ʾdm mlkn hqnyy ʾlmq(h)
4 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhb—
5 n ḏ-s²ft-hw l-wfy-hmw w-l s¹[ʿ]—
6 d-hmw nʿmtm w-wfym w-(ʾ)—
7 wldm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-[h]—
8 mw Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn ml(k)
9 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-ʾlmqh (f)-
10 l yhʿnn w-mtʿn ʾdm-hw
11 Mrṯdm w-Whblt w-[kl ḏ-]
12 qnyw bnw Ḏnmm bn b(ʾ)—
13 [s¹tm w-nk]ym w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣ[y ... ...]
| 2-3 | ʾḥnnn (CIAS). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrṯdm and his son Whb- 2 lt of the clan Ḏnmm, of the tribe Ḥṣ- 3 n, vassals of the king, dedicated to ʾlmqh 4 Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm the statue in bronze that 5 he promised Him for their safety, and may He 6 grant them prosperity, safety, children 7 and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 8 Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn king of 9 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and as for ʾlmqh, 10 may He help and save His vassals 11 Mrṯdm and Whblt and all 12 that the clan of Ḏnmm possessed, against the 13 harm, mischief, maleficence and malice [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1631=AM 844 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 42.4, w. 24, th. 15.5 |
| 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
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957 a: 104-107 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quinzième série. Le Muséon, 70: 97-126. |
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 4, pl. I | 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. |
| CIAS: ii, 87-89 photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |