| 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 |
| Iryānī transcribed the text in a paragraph arrangement that did not respect the original disposition of the lines. |
| English | |
1 Hʿn [... ...] mqtwy of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise because He satisfied His servant Hʿn in all the favours he requested from Him, when he carried on an expedition to the west, by the order of their lord, the king, and they came back with spoils and prisoners and booty (taken) from the Abyssinians who had attacked with Rs¹m and some of those pf S¹hr; 2 they praised the might and the power of ʾlmqh because they returned in safety from any sickness and ill-health, and may ʾlmqh fulfil and satisfy His servant Hʿn in all the favours he will request from Him, and may He grant him healthy male children and good crops and sound cattle that will satisfy them, and may He deliver them from sickness, malice, calumny and maleficence of any enemy, far or near, and for what has been favourable and may be favourable to them. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 2 | tʾwlw b-wfym bn mrḍm w-s¹dmm "ils se sont rétablis d'une maladie et d'une consomption" (Ryckmans 1974 a: 505). |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1974 a: 505 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1974. Himyaritica 4. Le Muséon, 87: 493-521. |
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, al-Kuhālī collection (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
| 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 |
| al-Iryānī 1973: 121-122 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 153-155 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |