CIAS 39.11/o 7 n° 4 Ja 2117
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 | 1.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rb[... w-bny-]
2 hw Ḥ(ẓ)[ym w-ʾḥmd]
3 ʾtlwtn (hqny)w (ʾl)[mqh-b]—
4 ʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn l-
5 qbly ḏt hwfy ʾlmqh ʾm—
6 (l)ʾ s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-hw w-rʾ k-h—
7 wfy-hw ḥyw-l-hw ʾwld-hw Ḥ—
8 ẓym w-ʾḥmd w-l-ḫmr-hmw ḥẓ—
9 y w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-hmw w-l-ḫryn-hmw
10 ʾlmqh-bn s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾ*l*mqh
| The editors could still read on the stone Rbs²[ms¹ (l.1) and the god's name (l. 3). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 RbS²[ms¹ ... ...] 2 hw Ḥ[... ...] 3 of the tribe (?) Tlwt dedicated to ʾlmqh Ma- 4 ster of ʾwm the statue in bronze, be- 5 cause ʾlmqh granted the favours 6 he sought from Him, and then he granted 7 him the living for him of their sons Ḥ- 8 ẓym and ʾḥmd, and may ʾlmqh grant them the goodwill 9 and the satisfaction of their lords, and may ʾlmqh 10 deliver them from the malice of any enemy, by ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1624=AM 860B |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25.5, w. 21, th. 10 |
| 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: 21-22, 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, 115-117, 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] |