CIAS 39.11/o 2 n° 5 Ja 640
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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...—
1 ]mw bn hgrn S¹wʾr(n) (ḏt)[ ... ...]
2 ywm s²w(ʿw) mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr m(l)[k S¹b]—
3 ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn ywm ḍbʾ l-[h]ʿnn w-nṣ(r )[ʾlʿ]—
4 z mlk Ḥḍrmt b-ʿly ʾs²ʿb Ḥḍr(m)[t w-ḥ]—
5 mdw b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh mhrg w-[... ... ṣ]—
6 dqm w-l-s¹(ʿd)-hmw ʾlmqh ḥẓy w-rḍw [mrʾ-]
7 (h)mw S²ʿrm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-[ʾḫy-h]—
8 w Ḥywʿṯtr Yḍʿ w-l-ḫryn-hmw ʾlm[qh b]—
9 n bʾs¹tm w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾ[lmqh]
| 1 | Between the missing upper part and the first line the editors integrate bn ġnm-h]mw. |
| 1 | The editors all read ʾws¹rn. |
| 6 | Possible integration w-[s¹by ṣ]dqm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 .. the city of S¹wʾrn ḏt [... ...] 2 when they served their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ 3 and ḏu-Raydān, when he fought to help and assist ʾlʿz 4 Ylṭ king of Ḥaḍramawt against the tribes of Ḥaḍramawt; and they gave 5 praise because ʾlmqh granted them enemy casualties and right [...]; 6 and may ʾlmqh grant them the goodwill and satisfaction of their 7 lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and of his brother 8 Ḥywʿṯtr Yḍʿ; and may ʾlmqh save them from 9 the evil and malice of any enemy; by ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2463 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 31, w. 21, th. 9 |
| 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: 140 | 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: 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. |
| CIAS: ii, 21-23, photo | 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] |