CIAS 39.11/o 2 n° 3 MaMB 181; Ja 590
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 | 1.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Whbʾwm ... ... w-S¹ʿdʾwm ... ...]
2 (bn)w (Krbm) w-M[ʿdn]m hqny ʾlmq(h)
3 Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt
4 ḫmr (ʿ)bdy-hw Whbʾwm w-S¹ʿdʾwm tʾwl—
5 n b-wfym bn S¹hrtn b-kn s¹bʾw w-s²wʿn m—
6 rʾ-hmw ʾls²r(ḥ) Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
7 w-b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm tʾwln [b-]
8 wfym bn ʾrḍ Ḥmyrm b-kn s¹bʾw w-s²wʿn
9 mrʾ-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd—
10 n [b-k]n tqdmw b-ʿm mṣr ḏ-Rydn b-ḥql (Ḫ)rm—
11 tm w-b-ḏt ḫmr ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ʿbd-hw W—
12 hbʾwm t(ʾ)wln bn hwt tqdmn b-wfym w-
13 mhrgm w-s¹bym w-ġnmm ḏ-hrḍw ʿbd-hw W—
14 hbʾwm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh ḫmr ʿbd-hw W—
15 hbʾwm hwfyn-hw b-kl s¹bʾt ys¹bʾn w-
16 s²wʿn mrʾy-hw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw
17 Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḫ—
18 mr-hw ʾlmqh hwfyn-hw b-kl ʾmlʾ y—
19 s¹tmlʾn w-tḍʿn b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḫmr-hw ḥẓ—
20 [y] w-rḍw mrʾy-hw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw
21 [Y](ʾ)zl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿ—
22 [m Y]nhb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḫryn ʾlmqh ʿbd[y-]
23 [hw ] Whbʾwm w-S¹ʿdʾwm bny Krbm w-Mʿ—
24 [dn]m bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-nḍʿ w-
25 [s²ṣ]y s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [Whbʾwm ... ... and S¹ʿdʾwm ... ...] 2 descendants of Krbm and Mʿdnm dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm the statue in bronze, in praise because 4 He granted His two servants Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdʾwm the return in 5 safety from S¹hrtn, when they had been campaigning in the service 6 of their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān 7 and because ʾlmqh, Master of ʾwm granted the return in 8 safety from the land of Ḥimyar, when they had been campaigning in the service 9 of their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān 10 when they confronted the Raydanite army on the field of Ḫurmatum, 11 and because ʾlmqh, Master of ʾwm granted His servant 12 Whbʾwm the return from this confrontation in safety, and 13 with killing and captives and booty, which satisfied His servant 14 Whbʾwm, and may ʾlmqh continue to grant His servant 15 Whbʾwm his protection in all the expeditions he will undertake and 16 (in which) he will follow his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his 17 brother Yʾzl Byn the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may 18 ʾlmqh grant him his satisfaction in all the favours 19 he will seek and implore from Him, and may He grant him the goodwill 20 and the satisfaction of his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 21 Yʾzl Byn the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 22 Ynhb king of Sabaʾ, and may ʾlmqh deliver His two 23 servants Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdʾwm descendants of Krbm and Mʿdnm 24 from the misfortune and the mischief and the maleficence and 25 the malice of the enemy, by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1622=AM 847 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 19.5, th. 12.8 |
| 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
| Jamme 1962 a: 96-97, pl. 7 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 3, 5, pl. II | 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. |
| Beeston 1976 b: 42 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Warfare in ancient South Arabian (2nd.-3rd. centuries A.D.). Qahtan. Studies in Old Arabian Epigraphy. 3. London: Luzac and Co. |
| CIAS: ii, 13-16 | 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] |