Ja 612 MaMB 88
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 11
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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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.5-2.3 | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾḥmd Yġnm bn Ns²ʾ(y) mqt—
2 wy Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb m—
3 lk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥ—
4 ḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R—
5 ydn hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
6 ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn b-ḏt ḫmr ʾlmqh-Ṯ—
7 hwn-b(ʿ)l-(ʾ)wm ʿbd-hw ʾḥmd hwfy—
8 n-hw b-mlʾ s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-hw b-kn s¹—
9 bʾ w-s²wʿn ʾqwln w-ḫms¹n ʿdy ʾrḍ
10 Ḥḍrmt w-ḫmr ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾw—
11 m ʿbd-hw ʾḥmd ʾtw b-brytm
12 w-hrg ṯny ʾs¹yn w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-Ṯh—
13 wn-bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr ʿbd-hw ʾḥmd mh—
14 rgm w-ġnmm w-bry ʾḏnm w-mqmm w-l-s¹—
15 ʿd ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ʿbd-hw ʾḥm—
16 d bn Ns²ʾy ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw (Ns²ʾ)—
17 krb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-(ḏ)-Ryd—
18 n bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn ml—
19 ky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḫryn-hw (bn n)—
20 ḍʿ w-s²(ṣy) s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-b(ʿl)-(ʾwm)
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾḥmd Yġnm, of the family Ns²ʾy, mqtwy 2 of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king 3 of Sabaʾ and ḏ-Rydn, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥ- 4 ḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 5 Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 6 the statue in bronze, because ʾlmqh 7 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted to His servant ʾḥmd his satisfaction 8 in the favours he sought from Him, when he undertook 9 an expedition and performed the service for the ʾqwln and the army to the land of 10 Ḥaḍramawt, and ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted 11 His servant ʾḥmd the return in soundness 12 and the killing of two men, and may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 13 Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant His servant ʾḥmd killings 14 and booty and soundness of faculties and material resources; may 15 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant His servant ʾḥmd, 16 of the family Ns²ʾy, the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb 17 Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 18 son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings 19 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may He deliver him from 20 the malice and the maleficence of any enemy. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 12 | ʾs¹yn: "two messengers" (Jamme, from the root ʾs¹y), "two men" (Ryckmans, from ʾs¹). |
| Jamme 1962 a: 109-110 | 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. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1966: 479 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1966. Himyaritica 2. Le Muséon, 79: 475-500. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 47, w. 25.3, th. 12.2 |
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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 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 109-110, pl. 11 | 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. |