Ja 617 MaMB 237
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 12
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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 | 2.5 ca. | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʾs¹ʿd ... ... w-ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyfʿ bnw ḏ-Ḥbb w-S¹ʾryn mqtwy]—
2 [y] (Ns²ʾk)rb Yʾmn Yhrḥb m(lk)[ S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾ]—
3 ls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky (S¹bʾ)[ w-ḏ-Rydn hqnyw]
4 ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-ʿs²r-hw bn s¹qy
5 w-dʿt ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh bn ms²ymt-hmw w-ʿbrt-hmw bn
6 ḫlf Ms²r w-Hynn w-ʾṯʾbtm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
7 ḫmr ʾdm-hw ʾs¹ʿd w-ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyfʿ bnw ḏ-Ḥbb w-S¹—
8 ʾryn ḫrf w-dṯʾ w-s¹ʿs¹ʿm w-mlym ʿdy kl ʾrḍt-hmw w-ʾ—
9 s¹rr-hmw w-ms²y<m>t-hmw w-mfnt-hmw w-nʾd qyẓ w-ṣrb w-l-ḫmr-hm—
10 w ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ʾdm-hw ʾs¹ʿd w-S¹mhyfʿ bnw ḏ-Ḥbb
11 w-S¹ʾryn ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹—
12 bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry—
13 dn w-l-ḫryn ʾlmqh ʿbdy-hw ʾs¹ʿd w-ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyfʿ bny ḏ-
14 Ḥbb w-S¹ʾryn bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt s²n—
15 ʾm ḏ-bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl dʿw b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [ʾs¹ʿd .... and his brother S¹mhyfʿ, of the families ḏ-Ḥbb and S¹ʾryn, mqtwyy] 2 of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of [Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of] 3 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ [and ḏu-Raydān dedicated] 4 to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze, which was given to Him as tithe from the watered crops 5 and the not watered crops which ʾlmqh granted them from their fields and their wādī-side cultivation from 6 the vicinity of Ms²r and Hynn and ʾṯʾbm, and may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue 7 to grant His servants ʾs¹ʿd and his brother S¹mhyfʿ, of the families ḏ-Ḥbb and 8 S¹ʾryn, autumn, spring, summer and winter crops in all their lands and their 9 valleys and their fields and their lands outside the settlements (or, their fields irrigated by canals) and abundance of summer crops and harvest season; may 10 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant His servants ʾs¹ʿd and S¹mhyfʿ, of the families ḏ-Ḥbb 11 and S¹ʾryn, the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of 12 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏ-Raydān, 13 and may ʾlmqh deliver His two servants ʾs¹ʿd and his brother S¹mhyfʿ, of the families ḏ- 14 Ḥbb and S¹ʾryn, from any evil and mischief and the maleficence and the malice and the calumny of any 15 enemy, the one they are aware of and the one they are not aware of. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 58.3, w. 42, th. 36-27 |
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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 |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 117-118, pl. 12 | 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. |