| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| Same text as Ja 602. |
| 1 | Jamme proposes the integration qwl, but the plural ʾqwl is possible as well (cf. CIH 24 and the restoration proposed by Nāmī for Nāmī NAG 7=Ja 602, whose text is identical to Ja 601). |
| 5, 10 | For Ḫwln Gddn, see Beeston 1973: 444 and Robin 2014 (in particular: 181-182). |
| English | |
1 ʾlrm Ygʿr, of the family S¹ḫymm, qwl of the tribe 2 S¹mʿy, the third of Hgrm, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the two statues in praise 4 because ʾlmqh saved His servant ʾlrm in the two expeditions 5 they undertook to the land of Ḫwln Gddn, when 6 their lord Wtrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ and 7 ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, ordered them to 8 exact reprisals on the tribes of Ḫwln for the offenses they had committed against 9 their lords the kings of Sabaʾ, and they defeated and routed those 10 tribes Ḫwln Gddn and their supporters, and they came back 11 in safety, success and good luck that satisfies their lord 12 Wtrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and so that 13 ʾlmqh continues to grant His servant ʾlrm prosperity and 14 good luck and the satisfaction of their lord Wtrm Yhʾmn, king 15 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān; may ʾlmqh grant His vassals, the family of 16 S¹ḫymm, soundness of faculties and material resources and good crops 17 and harvests in all their land; may ʾlmqh repel from 18 His vassals, the family of S¹ḫymm, any evil and harm and the malice and 19 the maleficence of any enemy. By ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh and by ḏt 20 Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by their patron Tʾlb Rymm, 21 and they committed their dedication to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 3-12 | Translation also in Robin 2014: 182. |
| 4-11 | Translation also in Beeston 1976 b: 30. |
| Beeston 1976 b: 30 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Warfare in ancient South Arabian (2nd.-3rd. centuries A.D.). Qahtan. Studies in Old Arabian Epigraphy. 3. London: Luzac and Co. |
| Robin 2014: 182 | Robin, Christian J. 2014. Sabaʾ et la Khawlān du Nord (Khawlān Gudādān): l'organisation et la gestion des conquêtes par les royaumes d'Arabie méridionale. Pages 156-203 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow. |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 135.4, w. 61.3, th. 37.7 |
| Link to object record |
| 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 |
| Jamme 1962 a: 102-103 | 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. |
| Beeston 1973: 444 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1973. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography VIII. Le Muséon, 86: 443-453. |
| ʿInān 1976: 310-312 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |
| Robin 2014: 181-182 | Robin, Christian J. 2014. Sabaʾ et la Khawlān du Nord (Khawlān Gudādān): l'organisation et la gestion des conquêtes par les royaumes d'Arabie méridionale. Pages 156-203 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow. |