CIAS 39.11/o 2 n° 2 Ja 2107
CIAS: ii, 11
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [... ...]bt
3 ʾfys²n (h)[qnyw ʾlmqh ... ...](n) w-ṣlmn ḏy
4 ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt tʾwl(y) mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb
5 w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿ—
6 m Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ[ b]-wfym bn kl s¹bʾt w-ḍby—
7 ʾ s¹bʾw w-tqdmn b-ʿm ḏ-Rydn w-ʾs²ʿb w-mṣyrt Ḥ—
8 myrm w-ḥmdm b-ḏt hws²ʿ ʾlmqh mrʾy-hmw b-s²kr
9 w-nqm w-qtl w-hṯlʿn w-hs¹ḥtn ḏ-Rydn w-mṣr-hw b-ḥ—
10 ql Ḥrmtm w-ʾẓwr w-ẓwrw ḏ-Rydn w-ʾqwl-hw w-ʾs²ʿb-hw
11 b-hgr w-mṣnʿ Ḥmyrm ʿdy ḏt-[ḍrʿw] l-mrʾy-hmw w-ḥm—
12 dm b-ḏt tʾwl Rṯd(ʾl)[ b-wfym] w-mhrgtm w-ġnmm
13 [bn s¹]bʾt w-tqdmt b-hm[t s²wʿ mrʾ]y-hmw w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾ—
14 [lmqh s¹ʿd-hmw mngwt ṣdqm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw] mrʾy-hmw ʾ—
15 [ls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw] (Yʾ)[zl] (Byn)( mlky) S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry—
16 [dn w-l-ḫryn-hmw] ʾlmqh bn bʾs¹tm w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²n(ʾ)—
17 [m w]-l s¹ʿd-hmw ʾfqlm hnʾm w-s¹ʿd ṣdqm b-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] 3 of the tribe Fys²n dedicated to ʾlmqh [... ...] and the statue, both 4 in bronze, in praise because their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb 5 and his brother Yzʾl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Frʿm 6 Ynhb king of Sabaʾ returned in safety from all the expeditions and campaigns 7 which they undertook and directed in confrontation with ḏu-Raydān and the tribes and the (other) armed forces of 8 Ḥimyar, and in praise because ʾlmqh granted their two lords the crushing, 9 punishing, slaughtering, smashing and routing of ḏu-Raydān and his army, at 10 Ḥql Ḥrmtm and ʾẓwr; and they invested ḏu-Raydān and his ʾqwl and his tribes 11 in the towns and the fortresses of Ḥimyar, until they made submission to their two lords, and in prai- 12 se because Rṯdʾl returned in safety and with killings and booty 13 from the expeditions and the engagements in which they followed their two lords, and may ʾlmqh 14 vouchsafe and grant them good luck and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their two lords 15 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yzʾl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 16 and may ʾlmqh deliver them from misfortune, and the maleficence and malice of any enemy, 17 and may He grant them healthy harvests and true prosperity, by ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 441 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 44.9, w. 30, th. 11.5 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 3, 11-12, pl. I | 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, 9-12, 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] |