Ja 615 MaMB 107; ZI 32
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 11
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The authors are the same as in Ja 822 and in Ir.70. |
TEXT
1 [ʾs¹ʿd Yzd w]-(ʾḫ)y-hw S¹mhyfʿ Y—
2 (hḥmd)( ) w-(b)ny-hmy ʾs¹dm w-S¹ʿd—
3 [m bn]w ḏ-Kbr-ʾqynm ʾqwl s²ʿbn B—
4 [kl](m) rbʿn ḏ-hgrn S²bmm ḏ-ʾʿḏr ʿ—
5 rn ʾlw mqtt Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhr—
6 ḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ
7 Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R—
8 ydn hqnyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḏn
9 ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-ʿs²r-hw bn s¹qy w-dʿ—
10 t fqlw bn kl ʾs¹rr w-ms²ymt w-mf—
11 nt w-kl hgr byt-hmw byt ḏ-Kbr-ʾ—
12 qynm l-ḫrf Wddʾl bn ʾbkrb bn
13 Kbr-Ḫll s¹dṯn w-l-ḫrf Ns²ʾkrb b—
14 n Mʿdkrb bn Ḥḏmt ṯlṯn w-l-wzʾ
15 ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr ʾdm-hw
16 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd w-ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyfʿ Yhḥ—
17 md w-bny-hmw ʾs¹dm w-S¹ʿdm bny ḏ-
18 Kbr-ʾqynm frʿw l-ʾmrt dṯʾ w-ḫ—
19 rf w-s¹ʿs¹ʿm w-mlym w-nʾd ʾṯmrm w-
20 ʾfqlm bn kl ʾrḍ w-ʾs¹rr w-mfnt w-
21 ms²ymt byt-hmw byt ḏ-Kbr-ʾqynm
22 ḏ-yhrḍwn ʾlbb-hmw w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾl—
23 mqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-h—
24 mw Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ
25 w-ḏ-Rydn w-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-
26 l-ḫryn-hmw bn bʾs¹m w-nkytm w-nḍʿ
27 w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt w-ʿbṭ w-ġbṭ s²nʾm ḏ-
28 bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl dʿw b-ʾl—
29 mqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd and his brother S¹mhyfʿ 2 Yhḥmd and their sons ʾs¹dm and S¹ʿdm, 3 of the family Kbr ʾqynm, ʾqwl of the tribe 4 Bklm, the fourth of the town S²bmm, community of 5 the mountain ʾlw, mqtt of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, 6 king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ 7 Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 8 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this 9 statue in bronze, which they gave to Him as tithe from the watered crops and from 10 the not watered crops which they have reaped from all the valleys and the fields and the lands 11 irrigated by canals, and all the settlement of their house, the house of the family Kbr ʾqynm, 12 in the sixth year of Wddʾl, son of ʾbkrb, of 13 Kbr ʾḪll, and in the third year of Ns²ʾkrb, son 14 of Mʿdkrb, of Ḥḏmt, and may 15 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant His vassals 16 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd and his brother S¹mhyfʿʿ Yhḥmd 17 and their sons ʾs¹dm and S¹ʿdm, of the family 18 Kbr ʾqynm, crops for the harvests of spring, autumn, 19 summer and winter season, and abundance of crops 20 and harvests from all the lands and the valleys and the lands irrigated by canals and 21 the fields of their house, the house of Kbr ʾqynm, 22 which will satisfy their hearts, and may 23 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 24 Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ 25 and ḏu-Raydān, and soundness of faculties and material resources, and 26 may He deliver them from evil and mischief and the malice 27 and the maleficence and the calumny and the calamity and the envy of any enemy, the one 28 they are aware of, and the one they are not aware of. By 29 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. max. 112.1 (left), h. min. 105.2 (right), w. 36.7, th. max 29 (top), th. min. 17 (bottom) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 112-113, pl. 11 | 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. |