| 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. |
| 1 | w-S¹ywny (in Iryānī's Arabic transcription). |
| English | |
1 ʿkm ʾrym, son of Lḥyn and S¹wny, mqtwy of S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze as he had promised Him and in praise because He gratified His servant ʿkm of an oracular dream and of the vision that He granted His servant ʿkm; 2 they praised the might and the power of ʾlmqh because He satisfied him in all the favours he sought from Him and may He continue to satisfy and fulfil His servant ʿkm in all the favours he will seek from Him and may He grant him the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu Raydān, 3 and may He protect and save His servant ʿkm from the harm and the malice and the calumny and the calamity of any enemy and may He grant him harvests and good crops. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 1 | For the meaning of ḫwd, see the discussion in Ryckmans 1974. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1974: 258-259 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1974. Himyaritica 3. Le Muséon, 87: 237-263. |
| 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 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
| al-Iryānī 1973: 94-96 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 128-131 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |