CIAS 39.11/o 2 n° 4 Ja 2106
By kind permission of GOAM
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʿ bn Ḏbyn
2 w-Dwrm hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhw—
3 n-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²—
4 ft-hw ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hw mhr—
5 gm b-kn s¹bʾw ʾrḍ Ḥḍrmw—
6 t w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾw—
7 m ḫmr-hmw nʿmtm w-wfym w-
8 ʾʾrḫ ṣdqm w-bry ʾʾḏnm
9 w-mqymtm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-b—
10 ʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]ʿ descendant of Ḏbyn 2 and Dwrm dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 3 Master of ʾwm the statue in bronze, which he pro- 4 mised Him in praise because He granted to him killing, 5 when they campaigned in the land of Ḥaḍramawt; 6 and may continue ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm 7 to grant to them prosperity and safety and 8 perfect matters and soundness of faculties 9 and material resources, by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Ma- 10 ster of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 418=AM 823 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 34, w. 23.5, th. 10.5 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 10-11, pl. II | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |
| CIAS: ii, 17-19, 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] |