Ir 18
Ll. 6-28
Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 185, pl. 1
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Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 185, pl. 1
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Ryckmans's distribution of the text on ll. 1-5, lacking in the photograph, is approximate. |
TEXT
1 Ydm Ydrm w-ʾḫy-hw S¹ʿdʿṯtr bny S¹ḫymm ʾq—
2 wl s²ʿbn S¹mʿy ṯlṯn ḏ-Hgrm hqnyw ʾlmq—
3 h-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾ—
4 lmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm s¹twfyn mlk w-nbtt w-ʾtwt m—
5 rʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky
6 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ ʿdy b—
7 [y]tnhn S¹lḥn w-Ġmdn w-ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlmq—
8 [h]-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm s²tkrn kl ʾs¹d tnṭʿw b-ʿly mr[ʾy]-
9 hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky
10 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn qblt s¹wʾm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh s²kr w-
11 ḍrʿn w-hkms¹n kl ḏ-ytns²ʾn w-qtbln b-ʿly mrʾ[y]-
12 hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky [S¹]—
13 [bʾ] w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm wfy
14 [mrʾy]-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky
15 [S¹]bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-wfy ʿbdy-hmw Ydm Ydrm w-ʾḫy-hw
16 [S¹ʿd]ʿṯtr bny S¹ḫymm w-ḥmdw b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlm—
17 [q]h-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm qdmn-hmw ʿdy ʾrḍ s²ʿb-hmw Y[r]—
18 s¹m ʾbrq ṣdqm mhs²fqm ḏ-hrḍw-hmw w-l-wzʾ ʾ[l]—
19 mqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm s¹ʿd ʿbdy-hw Ydm Ydrm
20 [w]-ʾḫy-hw S¹ʿdʿṯtr bny S¹ḫymm ʾwldm ʾḏkrm
21 [h]nʾm w-ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm ʿdy kl ʾs¹rr-hm[w]
22 w-ms²ymt-hmw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾw—
23 [m] ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-
24 [h]w w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynh—
25 b mlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḫryn-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
26 bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-ġbṭ s²nʾm ḏ-rḥq w-qrb w-ḏ-d—
27 [ʿ]w w-ḏ-ʾl dʿw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
28 bry ʾḏnm w-mqymtm b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
| Ryckmans notes that it is difficult to decide whether the letters in lacuna where at the end of a line or at the beginning of the following one. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ydm Ydrm and his brother S¹ʿdʿṯtr of the family S¹ḫymm, ʾqwl 2 of the tribe S¹mʿy, the third of Hgrm, dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise because ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted them 4 the safety of the reign, the assumption of office and the accession of 5 their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of 6 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, in the 7 palaces S¹lḥn and Ġmdn; in praise because ʾlmqh 8 Ṯhwn Lords of ʾwm granted them to defeat all the men that had raise against their lords 9 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of 10 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, a bad insurrection; may ʾlmqh continue to defeat and 11 bring to submission and crush anyone who rebels and rises up against their lords 12 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings 13 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant them the safety 14 of their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings 15 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and the safety of their servants Ydm Ydrm and his brother 16 S¹ʿdʿṯtr, of the family S¹ḫymm; they praised because ʾlmqh 17 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted them their command in the land of their tribe Yrs¹m 18 (during) a good and abundant rainy season that satisfied them; may ʾlmqh 19 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant their servants Ydm Ydrm 20 and his brother S¹ʿdʿṯtr, of the family S¹ḫymm, male healthy sons 21 and good crops and harvests in all their valleys 22 and their fields; may ʾlmqh, Ṯhwn Lord of ʾwm, 23 grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 24 Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 25 Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 26 deliver them from the malice and the maleficence and the envy of any enemy, far and near, 27 they are aware and they are not aware of; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant them 28 soundness of faculties and material resources. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, al-Kuhālī collection (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| 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
| al-Iryānī 1973: 109-113 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1974 a: 502-503 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1974. Himyaritica 4. Le Muséon, 87: 493-521. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 183-185, pl. 1 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1980. L'inscription Iryani 18. Raydān, 3: 183-185. |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 143-147 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |