Nāmī NAG 10 Ja 611; MaMB 21+MaMB 227
Fragment of Ja 611 (MaMB 21)
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 10
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Jamme 1962 a: pl. 10
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- Fragment of Ja 611 (MaMB 21)
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 10
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.6-3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| The edition by Nāmī ends at l. 18. |
TEXT
1 Ns²ʾk(r)↯[b Y]↯(ʾmn)( )(Yhrḥb) m(l)k
2 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R↯ydn bn ʾls²rḥ Y—
3 (ḥ)ḍb w-Yʾzl By(n)↯ mlky S¹bʾ w-
4 ḏ-Rydn hqny ʾlmq(h)↯-(Ṯ)hwn-bʿl-ʾ—
5 wm ḏn ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ↯(ḥm)dm b-ḏ—
6 t hwfy-hw b-ʾmlʾ s¹tml(ʾ)↯ w-b
7 hwklt s¹twkl b-ʿm-hw l-wrḫ↯( ḏ)-
8 Hbs¹ w-ʿṯtr ḏ-ḫrf Ns²ʾkrb bn
9 Mʿdkrb bn Ḥḏmt ṯlṯn w-l-wz—
10 ʾ ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣdq w-
11 hwfyn ʿbd-hw Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Y—
12 hrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾl—
13 s²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹—
14 bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-kl ʾmlʾ w-hwkl[t]
15 yzʾn s¹tmlʾn w-s¹twkln l-ḫyl
16 ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm f-l-y—
17 s²mn wfy grb ʿbd-hw Ns²ʾkrb
18 Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R—
19 ydn w-mlk-hmw w-ḫms¹-hmw w-l-ṯ—
20 br w-wḍʿ w-ḍrʿn w-hms¹ w-hkm—
21 s¹ kl ḍr-hmw w-s²nʾ-hmw b-ʾl—
22 mqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
| 6-8 | s¹tmlʾ[n b-ʿm]-hw b-ḏt s¹twkl b-ʿm-hw b-wrḫn[ ḏ-]Hbs¹ (Nāmī). |
| 14-15 | L. 14: hwkl; l. 15: [.]yzʾn (Nāmī). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of 2 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ 3 Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and 4 ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of 5 ʾwm, this statue in bronze, in praise because 6 He fulfilled him in all the requests he asked for and in 7 the favours he sought from Him, in the month of ḏ- 8 Hbs¹ and ʿṯtr, in the third year of Ns²ʾkrb, son of 9 Mʿdkrb, of the family Ḥḏmt; may 10 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to fulfill and 11 to gratify His servant Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn 12 Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 13 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of 14 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, in all the requests and favours 15 he may continue to ask and to seek for to the power of 16 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm; may He 17 assure the safety of the person of His servant Ns²ʾkrb 18 Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and 19 ḏu-Raydān, and of their kingdom and their army, and may He 20 destroy and humiliate and defeat and overwhelm and crush 21 all their war's enemies and their enemies. By 22 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | MaMB 277: h. 88.5, w. 37, th. 33-22.4; MaMB 21: h. 24.6, w. 20.6, th. 13 |
| 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
| Nāmī 1954 (NAG): 40-43 | Nāmī, Khalīl Y. 1954. Nuqūš ʿarabiyya ǧanūbiyya (2nd collection). Majallat kulliyat al-ʾĀdāb bi-jāmiʿt Fuʾād al-ʾawwal (Cairo university), 16: 21-43. 2024/02/19; https://search.mandumah.com/Record/169998. |
| Jamme 1962 a: 108-109, pl. 10 | 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. |