Nāmī NAG 7 MaMB 209; Ja 602
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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
| Same text as Ja 601. |
TEXT
1 [ʾlrm ]Ygʿr bn S¹ḫymm[ ʾqwl]
2 [s²ʿbn S¹m]ʿy s²lṯn ḏ-Hgrm (h)q[ny]
3 ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ṣlmnhn ḥmd—
4 m b-ḏt hwfy ʾlmqh ʿbd-hw ʾlrm b-s¹b—
5 ʾty s¹bʾw ʿdy ʾrḍ Ḫwln Gddn b-kn wqh-h—
6 mw mrʾ-hmw Wtrm Yhʾmn mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry—
7 dn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn l-ʿḏ—
8 rn b-ʿm ʾs²ʿbn Ḫwln b-ḫṭyʾ hḫṭʾw b-ʾmr—
9 ʾ-hmw ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-yṯbrw w-hlqḥn hmt ʾs²ʿb—
10 n Ḫwln Gddn w-ḏ-kyn kwn-hmw w-yʾtyw b-wfy—
11 m w-mqḥm w-mngt ṣdqm ḏ-hrḍw mrʾ-hmw Wtr—
12 m Yhʾmn mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḏt yzʾn ʾl—
13 mqh s¹ʿd ʿbd-hw ʾlrm nʿmtm w-mngt ṣdq—
14 m w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw Wtrm Yhʾmn mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-
15 Rydn w-l-s¹ʿd ʾlmqh ʾdm-hw bny S¹ḫymm b—
16 ry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm
17 bn kl ʾrḍ-hmw w-l ʾḫrn ʾlmqh ʿln ʾdm-
18 hw bny S¹ḫymm bʾs¹tm w-nkym w-nḍʿ w-s²—
19 ṣy s²nʾm b-ʿṯtr w-Hwbs¹ w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥ—
20 mym w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm
21 w-rṯdw hqnyt-hmw ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
| 5, 10 | As for Ḫwln Gddn, see Beeston 1973: 444, and Robin 2014 (in particular: 181-182). |
| 7-8 | ʿḏrn instead of l-ʿḏrn (Nāmī). |
| 16 | mqytm instead of mqymtm (Nāmī). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlrm Ygʿr, of the family S¹ḫymm, ʾqwl 2 of the tribe S¹mʿy, the third of Hgrm, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the two statues in praise 4 because ʾlmqh saved His servant ʾlrm in the two expeditions 5 they undertook to the land of Ḫwln Gddn, when 6 their lord Wtrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 7 son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, ordered them to 8 exact reprisals on the tribes of Ḫwln for the offenses they had committed against 9 their lords the kings of Sabaʾ, and they defeated and routed those tribes 10 Ḫwln Gddn and their supporters, and they came back in safety, 11 success and good luck that satisfies their lord Wtrm 12 Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and so that 13 ʾlmqh continues to grant His servant ʾlrm prosperity and good luck 14 and the satisfaction of their lord Wtrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 15 Raydān; may ʾlmqh grant to His servants, the family S¹ḫymm, 16 soundness of faculties and material resources and good crops and harvests 17 from all their land and may ʾlmqh repel from His servants, 18 the family S¹ḫymm, any evil and harm and the malice and 19 the maleficence of any enemy. By ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh and by ḏt 20 Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by their patron Tʾlb Rymm, 21 and they committed their dedication to ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 133,w. 61.2, th. 40.5 |
| 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 bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Nāmī 1954 (NAG): 29-33 (photo between p. 24 and 25) | 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: 103 | 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. |
| Beeston 1973: 444 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1973. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography VIII. Le Muséon, 86: 443-453. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1974: pl. III/b (partim) | Ryckmans, Jacques 1974. Himyaritica 3. Le Muséon, 87: 237-263. |
| Robin 2014: 181-182 | Robin, Christian J. 2014. Sabaʾ et la Khawlān du Nord (Khawlān Gudādān): l'organisation et la gestion des conquêtes par les royaumes d'Arabie méridionale. Pages 156-203 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow. |