CIAS 39.11/o 7 n° 3 Ja 2119
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 | 14 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿbdʿṯtr [... ... mqt]—
2 wy Ns²ʾkr[b Yʾmn Yhrḥ]—
3 b mlk S¹bʾ w-(ḏ)-[Rydn bn ʾl]—
4 s²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾ[zl Byn mlk]—
5 y S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn[ hqny ʾlmq]—
6 h-Ṯhwn-bʿl-(ʾ)wm [ṣlmn ḏ-]
7 ḏhbn ḥmdm b-[ḏt ḫmr ʿbd-]
8 hw ʿbdʿṯtr ḥ[ẓy w-rḍw mr]—
9 ʾ-hmw Ns²ʾkrb[ Yʾmn Yhrḥ]—
10 b mlk S¹bʾ w-l-[wzʾ ʾlmqh ḫ]—
11 mr w-mtʿ[n ... ... b]—
12 n nḍʿ w-s²[ṣy s²nʾm ... ...]
| 11-12 | the editors integrate ʿbd-hw ʿbdʿṯtr b]n. |
| 12 | b-ʾlmqh at the end of the text is a likely integration. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbdʿṯtr [... ...] mqtwy 2 of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥ- 3 b king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān son of ʾl- 4 s²rḥ Yhḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings 5 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān dedicated to ʾlmqh 6 Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm this statue in 7 bronze, in praise because He granted His servant 8 ʿbdʿṯtr the goodwill and the satisfaction of their 9 lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥ- 10 b king of Sabaʾ, and may ʾlmqh continue to grant 11 and ave [His servant ʿbdʿṯtr] from 12 the harm and the malice of any enemy, [by ʾlmqh]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2372=AM 864 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30, w. 13, th. 20 |
| 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: 23-24, pl. V | 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, 111-113, 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] |