CIAS 39.11/o 3 n° 2
CIAS: i, 53
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2-2.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...]dm w-S²[..—
2 ... ... ... ... ]w-ʿbdwdm ʾs¹d tfrqw
3 [...]ṣnʿ(w)(([.. ]Ṣnʿ(w)))[ .]kdnn tʾwln ʾrḍ[...]
4 [...]w-wkbw b-ʿm ʾlmqh ʾmr(m)[..]
5 [...]bʿd ḏ-s¹tmlʾw[ .]kbw tbs²[r]
6 [..]b-ʿm ʾlmqh f-ʾḫḏ[w ](w)-htlf(n)[ k—
7 l ]ʾḥḍr(n) b-ʿly ʾḥs³yn b-wdy(n)
8 [ḏ-]ʾḏnt b-qrb mḥfd(n) Ḏrḥ[... ...]
9 yfr b-kl-hmw ḥg-n tbs²r-hmw (ʾ)—
10 lmqh b-ms¹ʾl-hw w-hṯbw tʾmn—
11 m l-ḫyl w-mqm ʾlmqh b-ḏt hwfy-
12 hmw b-hwt mlʾn w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw (ʾ)—
13 lmqh ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm
14 ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlh[n]
15 Nhfn mlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḫryn-hmw w-m[t]—
16 ʿn-hmw ʾlmqh bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾ—
17 m ḏ-rḥq w-qrb b-ʾlmqh
| 1 | Beeston in CIAS: ....m dm ws².. |
| 3 | Jamme: tfrqw [bn ]Ṣnʿ(w )[w]kdnn tʾwln ʾrḍ( Ḥb)[s²t]. However, the stone is too damaged to say how many signs the lacuna involved. |
| 5-6 | Jamme: bʿd s¹tmlʾw [w]-wkbw tbs²[r]—[tm ]bn ʾlmqh. |
| 6-7 | The restoration of the lacuna across the two lines is suggested by Jamme. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] and ʿbdwdm those who (dispersed ?) 3 [... ...] the return to the land [... ...] 4 [... ...] and they (..?) from ʾlmqh [... ...] 5 [... ...] after they had besought [... ...] 6 from ʾlmqh, and they took and destroyed [... ...] 7 the Ḥaḍramites (?) upon the surface-wells in the wādī 8 ʾḏnt in the vicinity of the tower Ḏrḥ[... ...] 9 (sufficing for all ?) of them, as ʾlmqh announced 10 to them in His oracle, and they rendered assurance (of gratitude) 11 to the might and the power of ʾlmqh because He vouchsafed 12 them this fulfilment; and may ʾlmqh grant to them 13 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord S²ʿrm 14 ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān son of ʿlhn 15 Nhfn king of Sabaʾ, and may ʾlmqh deliver them and 16 save them from abasement by, and the malice of, any enemy, 17 far or near. By ʾlmqh. |
| 3 | kdnn: "the two ploughed plains" (Jamme). |
| 4 | Jamme: "they received from ʾIlumquh a [pleasing] order". |
| 5-6 | Jamme: "after they had besought and received an announcement from ʾIlumquh". |
| 6-7 | Jamme: "and they captured and demolished all the dwellings". |
| CIAS: i, 52 | 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] |
| Jamme 1985: 253-255 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 390 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 49, w. 27.5, th. 9.5 |
| 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 |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 51-53 (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] |
| Jamme 1985: 252-254 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Nebes 1995 a: 65-66 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |