CIAS 39.11/o 2 n° 8 Ja 2110
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 | 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʿwfm ... ...]t mqtwy( )(ʾ)[l]—
2 s²rḥ Y(ḥ)[ḍb] w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl
3 Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm
4 Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhw—
5 n-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw b-
6 kn ẓmʾw b-s²ʾmt ṯlṯt ʾywmm w-lw—
7 ly-hmw b-kn hblt b-ʿbr ʾmlk s²ʾm—
8 t ʾl-Ḥrṯ bn Kʿbm mlk-(ʾ)s¹d (w)-Mlk—
9 m bn Bd mlk Kdt w-Mḏḥgm w-ḏ-bn
10 ʾʿrbn w-rʾ k-ḫmr bʿl-ʾwm ʿbd-hw ʿ—
11 wfm ʾtw b-wfym w-l-hʿnn-hw bn nḍʿ
12 w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-[bʿl]-(ʾ)wm
| 8 | in w-Mlkm the w has been written over a preceding erroneous m. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [ʿwfm] ... mqtwy of ʾl- 2 s²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl 3 Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 4 Ynhb king of Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 5 Master of ʾwm, the bronze statue that he had promised Him, 6 when they were waterless in the north for three days and 7 nights, when he had been sent on a mission to the kings of the north, 8 (namely) ʾl-Ḥrṯ bn Kʿbm king of ʾs¹d and Mlkm 9 bn Bd king of Kinda and Mḏḥgm and some (other) 10 bedouins; and so the Master of ʾwm granted His servant 11 ʿwfm a safe return; and may He protect him from the harm 12 and malice of any enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 430=AM 848 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 37, w. 21, th. 12 |
| 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: 15-16, 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, 33-36, 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] |