CIAS 39.11/o 8 n° 1 Ja 2115
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 | about 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾ(ẓ)rf w-bny-hw [.]—
2 ʿbm bnw ʿmyṯʿ ḥwr hgrn
3 [ʿ]lmn ʾʾḏnn ʾdm w-ms³wdt mlkn
4 hqnyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḏn
5 (ṯ)wrn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw l-wfy gryb—
6 [t]-hmw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯmr ṣ(d)q(m) bn
7 (ʾ)rḍt-hmw w-l-ḫmr-hmw (ḥẓy) w-(rḍw)
8 (m)rʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥ(ḍ)b w-(ʾḫy)-hw
9 [Y]ʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-(ʾ)—
10 lm(q)h-bʿl-ʾwm
| 1-2 | the editors read bn (T)ʿbm. |
| 3 | Jamme identifies ʿlmn with the town of ʿAlmān, which was recorded by al-Hamdānī as lying adjacent to the wadi Ḍahr (northwest of Ṣanʿāʾ). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿds²ms¹ ʾẓrf and his son 2 Tʿbm descendants of ʿmyṯʿ, coming from the town 3 ʿlmn of the tribe ʾḏn, vassals and counsellors of the king, 4 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm, this 5 bull in bronze, which he promised Him for the safety of their 6 persons, and may He grant them perfect fruit crops from 7 their lands, and may He grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction 8 of their two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 9 Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, by 10 ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1627=AM 857 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23, w. 21.5, th. 17 |
| 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
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 20, pl. III | 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, 123-126, 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] |