Fa 120
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 67
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Relief |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rbbm bn [... ...] w[... ...] mq—
2 twyy Whb[ʾwm] Y[...] w-[...] ʾzʾ—
3 d bny Gdnm w-[... ... hqny ... ...] ṣlm—
4 nh(n) ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-b-hw ḥ[md b-ḏt ... ...] w-b-ḏt hʿn w-m—
5 tʿn grbyt ʿbdy-hw R(b)[bm ... ...]
6 qs¹btm ḏ-qs¹b Rbbm [... ...]
7 ʿdy ḏrʿ ʾblm w-bn ḏr[... ...]
8 S²kr(m) (b)n Yhrm w-ʿl-n w[... ... ... ...]—
9 nyn ʿdy bʿd ʾḏn S²krm bn yt q[... ... ... ...]—
10 n ḫlw ʾs¹n S²krm bn [... ...]—
11 ʿ Hrn S¹ʿdʾwm ʿbd bn Gdn[m ... ...]—
12 hw Wdydm b-mblʿtm((Mblʿtm)) w-rʾ k[... ...] w-s¹t—
13 yfʿ l-hmw b-mlʾm k-bn-hw [... ...]—
14 rd ʿl-hmw qs¹b Rbbm ḥs²d[... ...]
15 [..]dʾwm l-qbly ḏ-s³yf Rb[bm ... ...]
16 [... ...] b-k-n ẓyw b-ʿm mrn[... ...]
17 [..] w-l-wmʾ Hrn ḫlw[... ...]
18 [..]ytb w-s¹wqṭm w-l-ḫm[r-hmw ... ...] w-rḍ—
19 w mrʾ-hmw Whbʾwm Y[... w-...]
20 ʾzʾd bny G(d)[nm]
| 12 | mblʿtm: probably place name (G. Ryckmans 1952). Wdydm: hypochoristic of the proper name Wddm. |
| 14 | ḥs²d: it is often found as tribal name. |
| 18 | s¹wqṭm: probably proper name (G. Ryckmans 1952). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbbm, son of [... ...], 2 the two mqtwyy of Whbʾwm Y[...] and [...] 3 ʾzʾd, of the family Gdnm and [... ... dedicated ... ...] 4 these two statues in bronze by which he praised [because ... ...] and because He helped and 5 saved the persons of His servants R(b)[bm ... ...] 6 damage which Rbbm committed [... ...] 7 in the offering (?) of a camel and from [... ...] 8 S²krm, son of Yhrm, and concerning [... ...] 9 in the deafness of S²krm from [... ...] 10 saved the man S²krm from [... ...] 11 Hrn, S¹ʿdʾwm, servant of the family Gdnm [... ...] 12 Wdydm in Mblʿtm (?) and so [... ...] and (He) 13 declared His will to them in an oracle that concerning him [... ...] 14 regarding them. Rbbm did a damage [... ...] 15 [..] because Rbbm ? [... ...] 16 [... ...] when he ? together with [... ...] 17 [..] and may ? Hrn [... ...] 18 [..] and ? and may He grant[ them... ...] and the 19 satisfaction of their lord Whbʾwm Y[... ... and ...] 20 ʾzʾd, of the family of Gdnm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35.5, w. 17 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed in a building of the government. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 118, n. 169 , fig. 67 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 70-72 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |