Ir 16 MuB 7
Bron 1988 a: 51, pl. 5
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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 | 2.4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Bdy b(n)[ ... ...] w-bny-hw (M)—
2 lkm w-G(ḏmt) w-S¹ʿdm w-ʾ—
3 lḥrṯ bnw Bdy w-bn bt-h(w)
4 Mḥbbt ḏt Yfrʿ Ḥdʾy(n)—
5 hn ʾdm S²mr Yhrʿs² mlk S¹—
6 bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn Ys¹rm Yh(n)—
7 ʿm mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rd<y>n hqnyw
8 ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn
9 ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw ʿbd-hw Bd—
10 y l-wfy grybt bny-hw Mlk—
11 m w-Gḏmt w-S¹ʿdm w-ʾlḥr*ṯ*
12 w-brw l-bny-hw ʾġwym bn ḏ-
13 Hlmlm w-(l)-wzʾ ʾlmqhw ḫ—
14 mr-hw wfy grb-hw w-ʾwld ʾ—
15 wld-hw w-ḥẓy w-r*ḍ*w mrʾ-h—
16 mw S²mr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn [w-]
17 l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqhw bn nḍ[ʿ]
18 w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn
| 17 | Bron notes that the meaning of the sentence would have required the verb ḫryn instead of ḫmr; we could also hypothesize the omission of the infinitive ḫryn depending on ḫmr. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Bdy, son of [... ...] and his sons 2 Mlkm and Gḏmt and S¹ʿdm and 3 ʾlḥrṯ, sons of Bdy and the son of his daughter 4 Mḥbbt of Yfrʿ, the two of Ḥdʾ, 5 servants of S²mr Yhrʿs², king of 6 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm, 7 king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated 8 to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Lord of ʾwm the statue 9 in bronze that His servant Bdy had promised to Him 10 for the safety of the persons of his sons Mlkm 11 and Gḏmt and S¹ʿdm and ʾlḥrṯ 12 and a son of his son ʾġwym of the family ḏ- 13 Hlmlm, and may ʾlmqhw continue to 14 grant him the safety of his person and of the sons of his 15 sons and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 16 S²mr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and 17 may ʾlmqhw grant them (protection) from the harm 18 and the malice of any enemy. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, MuB 7 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 60, w. 23, th. 10 |
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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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The onomastics presents some Arabic traits, for example ʾlḥrṯ is the transcription of al-Ḥāriṯ.
Also brw l-bny-hw presents an Arabic syntax (Ryckmans 1974 a: 500).
Also brw l-bny-hw presents an Arabic syntax (Ryckmans 1974 a: 500).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Iryānī 1973: 97-98 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1974 a: 500 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1974. Himyaritica 4. Le Muséon, 87: 493-521. |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 132-133 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |
| Bron 1988 a: 42-44, pl. 5 | Bron, François 1988. Inscriptions du Maḥram Bilqîs (Mārib) au Musée de Bayḥān. Raydān, 5: 39-51. |
| Bron 1996: 107-108 | Bron, François 1996. Notes d'épigraphie sudarabique. Semitica, 45: 101-112. |
| Stein 2003 a: 64, fn. 145 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |