CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.2
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  Rṯdṯwn ʾzʾd w-(H)[wfʿ]ṯt
   2  Yhs²ʿ w-Whbʾwm w-S¹ʿdṯwn
   3  bnw Gdnm hqnyw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn
   4  bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḥmdm b-ḏt h[wf]—
   5  y-hmw b-ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm-hw |
   6  bn s¹bʾt s¹bʾw b-qht ʾmrʾ-hm—
   7  w ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḏt yzʾn ʾlm—
   8  qh hwfyn ʾdm-hw Rṯdṯwn w-Hwf—
   9  ʿṯt w-Whbʾwm w-S¹ʿdṯwn b-ʾmlʾ
  10  | s¹tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw
  11  rḍw w-ḥẓy mrʾy-hmw Yrm ʾymn w-
  12  ʾḫy-hw Krbʾl Wtr mlky S¹bʾ w-
  13  l s¹ʿd-hmw n(ʿ)mtm w-mngt ṣdq—
  14  m w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣd—
  15  qm bn kl ʾs¹rr-hmw b-ʿṯtr w-Hb—
  16  s¹ w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏ—
  17  t Bʿdnm w-b-s²ms¹ mlkn Tnf

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rṯdṯwn ʾzʾd and Hwfʿṯt
   2  Yhs²ʿ and Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdṯwn,
   3  of the family Gdnm, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn,
   4  Lord of ʾwm, the statue in praise because He granted
   5  to them the favours they have besought Him for
   6  during the expeditions they undertook by the authority of their lords,
   7  the kings of Sabaʾ; and might ʾlmqh continue
   8  to grant to His servant Rṯdṯwn and Hwfʿṯt
   9  and Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdṯwn the favours
  10  they have besought Him for; and might He grant to them
  11  the satisfaction and the goodwill of their two lords Yrm ʾymn and
  12  his brother Krbʾl Wtr, kings of Sabaʾ; and
  13  might He grant to them prosperity and luck events;
  14  and might He grant to them perfect fruits crops and harvests
  15  from all their valleys; by ʿṯtr and Hbs¹
  16  and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym and by
  17  ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 47-48, 285-287Jamme, 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.