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Jamme 1962 a: pl. 23
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  (Ynʿm)( b)[n S¹lmn ʿbd N]—
   2  mrn ʾwk(n) [w-ʾḫy-hw Gḥ]—
   3  (ḍ)m ʾḥṣn bny Kbr-(Ḫ)[ll w-Kbr]
   4  ʾqynm w-ḏ-S¹ḫymm hqn(y )[ʾ]—
   5  lmqh- Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḏn ṣl(m)—
   6  (n) ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw l-ḫmr ʿb[d]-
   7  hw Ynʿm bn S¹lmn ḥẓy w-[r]—
   8  ḍw mrʾy-hw [Nmrn ʾwkn w-]
   9  (ʾ)ḫy-hw Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn bny (K)—
  10  [br]-Ḫll w-Kbr-ʾqynm w-ḏ-S¹ḫymm (w)-
  11  l-hʿnn w-mtʿn ʿbd-hw Ynʿm
  12  bn (S¹)lmn bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²n(ʾ)—
  13  [m] b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm

Apparatus
S¹lmn (here and at line 7) could be a lineage name.
8The name Nmrn ʾwkn was intentionally erased (Jamme 1962 a: 183).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ynʿm, son of S¹lmn, servant of
   2  Nmrn ʾwkn and his brother
   3  Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn, descendants of Kbr Ḫll and Kbr
   4  ʾqynm and of S¹ḫymm dedicated to
   5  ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this statue
   6  in bronze which he promised Him in order to grant to His servant
   7  Ynʿm, son of S¹lmn, the goodwill and
   8  the satisfaction of their two lords Nmrn ʾwkn and
   9  his brother Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn, descendants of
  10  Kbr Ḫll and Kbr ʾqynm and of S¹ḫymm;
  11  may He protect and save His servant Ynʿm,
  12  son of S¹lmn, from the harm and the malice of the enemy.
  13  By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 20, w. 15, th. 10.6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 182-183, pl. 23Jamme, 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.
ʿInān 1976: 296-297ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo.