CIAS 39.11/o 3 n° 4
CIAS: i, 61
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Jamme notes that the text ʿInān 78 is a wrong and shorter copy of this inscription (Jamme 1979 d: 271-272). |
TEXT
1 [Rbʿt ]ʾ(s²)wʿ w-bn(y)[-hw ... ...]
2 [... ...]m bnw ḏ-S²hr ʾdm w-ms³[w—
3 dt ](ml)kn hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾ[w—
4 m ]ḏn ṣlmn bn ġnm-hmw bn hgrn Ṣ(w)—
5 (ʾ)rn ḏ-ʾrḍ Ḥḍrmwt b-kn s¹bʾw w-s²wʿn[ m]—
6 [r](ʾ)-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn
7 [ʿ]lhn Nhfn mlk S¹b*ʾ* w-b-ḏt ḫmr-hw ʾl—
8 mqh bʿl-ʾwm hwfyn-hw b-mlʾ s¹tmlʾ b-ʿ[m]-
9 [h]w ʿbd-hw Rbʿt b-qdmy hyt ḍbʾtn k-l-[ḫ]—
10 [mr]-hw ʾlm(q)[h hrg mh]rgm w-ḫmr-hw ʾlmqh h—
11 [w]fy-hw b-h(w)[t m](lʾ)[n ]w-lfy ʾrbʿt ʾs¹dm bḍʿ—
12 [m ](w)-(ġn)mm ʾḫ[ḏm] w-[l-]wzʾ ʾlmqh hwfyn ʿbd-h(w)
13 [Rb]ʿt b-ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾn b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlm[q]—
14 [h] ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hw S²ʿrm ʾwtr w-ʾḫy-hw Ḥ—
15 [yw]ʿṯtr Yḍʿ mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny [ʿl]—
16 [hn Nhf](n)( mlk )(S¹)bʾ w-l-ḫryn-(h)mw [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [Rbʿt] ʾs²wʿ and his son [... ...] 2 descendants of ḏ-S²hr, vassals and counsellors 3 of the king, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 4 this statue from their booty from the town Ṣwʾrn 5 of the land of Ḥaḍramawt, when they undertook the military expedition and they followed 6 their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 7 ʿlhn Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ, and because ʾlmqh, Lord of 8 ʾwm, granted to him His protection in the favour His servant Rbʿt 9 sought from Him before that battle, in order that ʾlmqh 10 should grant him to make slaughtering, and ʾlmqh granted to him 11 His protection in that favour and to get four soldiers killed in the battle 12 and the taken booty; may ʾlmqh continue to protect His servant 13 Rbʾt in the favours he will seek from Him, and may ʾlmqh grant to him 14 the goodwill and the satisfaction of his two lords S²ʿrm ʾwtr and his brother 15 Ḥywʿṯtr Yḍʿ kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān sons of ʿlhn 16 Nhfn king of Sabaʾ, and may He grant to them [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 349 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 42, w. 25, th. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 59-62 (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] |
| Jamme 1979 d: 271-272 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Review of 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]. Orientalia, 48: 260-284. |
| Jamme 1985: 247 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |