CIAS 39.11/o 3 n° 9 Ja 2118
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 | 0.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾs¹dm ʾḥ(wd) [b](n) ʿ[k](b)t mqt—
2 wy mlkn hqny ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
3 ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw l-qbly ḥlẓ
4 ḥlẓ b-byt ʿkbt w-ḥmd ḫyl w-m(q)—
5 m ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm w-ḥmd b-ḏt h(wf)—
6 yn-hw b-ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾn b-ʿm-hw w-
7 l-yzʾn ʾlmqh ḫmr-hw ḥẓy w-rḍ—
8 w mrʾy-hw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-h—
9 w Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn—
10 y Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-wzʾ ʾl—
11 mqh hʿnn-hw bn nḍʿ w-s²ẓy s²nʾm
12 b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾs¹dm ʾḥwd descendant of ʿkbt mqtwy 2 of the king dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm 3 the statue in bronze that he had promised Him because of the malady 4 from which he suffered in the house of ʿkbt, and he gave praise to the might and the power 5 of ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm, and he gave praise because He satisfied 6 him with the favours which he seeks from Him, and may 7 continue ʾlmqh to grant him the goodwill and the satisfaction 8 of his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 9 Yʾzl Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons 10 of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, and may continue 11 ʾlmqh to help him against the harm and the malice of any enemy, 12 by ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 323=AM 862 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30.4, w. 20.4, th. 12 |
| 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
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 22-23, pl. IV | 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, 55-58, 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] |