CIAS 39.11/o 5 n° 2 Ja 2114
CIAS: ii, 73 (photo)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾlġz Yzd bn (Nb)ʿm(((Nb)ʿm)) mqtwy Ns²ʾ—
2 krb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-
3 ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn
4 mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯh—
5 wn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhb(n) l-ḫmr ʿbd-h—
6 w ʾlġz Yzd bn Nbʿm((Nbʿm)) br(wm) ḏkrm h[n]—
7 (ʾ)m w-l-s¹ʿd ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿ(l)-(ʾ)wm ʿbd-hw
8 ʾlġz Yzd bn Nbʿm((Nbʿm)) ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-h—
9 mw Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ
10 w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl By—
11 n mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-hʿnn ʾlm—
12 qh Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ʿbd-hw ʾlġz Yzd
13 bn Nbʿm((Nbʿm)) bn (b)ʾ(s¹)tm w-nkytm w-bn nḍ—
14 ʿ w-s²ṣy s²(n)ʾm (b)-(ʾ)[lm]qh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlġz Yzd of the family (or: son of) Nbʿm, mqtwy of Ns²ʾ- 2 krb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and 3 ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, 4 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 5 Lord of ʾwm the statue in bronze, in order that He grants to His servant 6 ʾlġz Yzd of the family (or: son of) Nbʿm a healthy male child, 7 and may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm bestows on is servant 8 ʾlġz Yzd of the family (or: son of) Nbʿm, the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 9 Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ 10 and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, 11 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may ʾlmqh 12 Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm protect His servant ʾlġz Yzd 13 of the family (or: son of) Nbʿm against evil and damage and against the harm 14 and malice of any enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1410=AM 856 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35.5, w. 27, th. 11 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 7-8, 19-20, pl. III | 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, 71-73 (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] |