CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5-6
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Same texts as Ja 607.

TEXT


   1  [S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ w-bn-hw M—
   2  rṯdm ]bny Grt[ ʾqwl s²ʿ—
   3  bn Ḏmry] hqnyw ʾl(mq)[hw Ṯh—
   4  wn bʿ]l ʾwm ṣlmnhn ḥ(g)-(n)
   5  [wqh]-hmw ʾlmqhw b-ms¹ʾl-
   6  [hw] l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqhw nʿ—
   7  mtm w-mngt ṣdqm w-l-wfy
   8  mrʾ-hmw Wtrm Yhʾmn mlk
   9  S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Y—
  10  ḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l
  11  wfy ʾdm-hw S¹ʿds²ms¹m w-bn-
  12  hw Mrṯdm bny Grt w-ql-hm—
  13  w w-s²ʿb-hmw S¹mhrm w-l-s¹ʿd-
  14  hmw ʾlmqhw rḍw w-ḥẓy [m]—
  15  rʾ-hmw Wtrm mlk S¹bʾ
  16  w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḏt nʿmt w-tnʿ—
  17  mn l-S¹ʿds²ms¹m w-bn-hw M—
  18  rṯdm w-bny Grt w-ql-hmw
  19  w-s²ʿb-hmw S¹mhrm b-ʿṯtr w-H—
  20  bs¹ w-ʾlmqhw w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-
  21  ḏt Bʿdnm w-b-ʾly-hmw ʿṯtr
  22  ʿzzm w-ḏt Ẓhrn b-ʿly ʿrn
  23  Knn w-rṯdw hqnyt-hmw ʿṯtr
  24  S²rqn w-ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾwm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ and his son]
   2  [Mrṯdm], of the family Grt, [ʾqwl of the]
   3  [tribe Ḏmry] dedicated to ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn,
   4  Lord of ʾwm, the two statues as
   5  ʾlmqhw ordered them in His oracle
   6  so that ʾlmqhw grants them
   7  prosperity and good luck and for the safety
   8  of their lord Wtrm Yhʾmn, king
   9  of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ
  10  Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and for the
  11  safety of his servants S¹ʿds²ms¹m and his
  12  son Mrṯdm, of the family Grt, and their ql
  13  and their tribe S¹mhrm, and may ʾlmqhw grant
  14  them the satisfaction and the goodwill of their
  15  lord Wtrm, king of Sabaʾ
  16  and ḏu-Raydān, and for what has been and will be favourable
  17  to S¹ʿds²ms¹m and his son
  18  Mrṯdm and the family Grt and their ql
  19  and their tribe S¹mhrm. By ʿṯtr and
  20  Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqhw and by ḏt Ḥmym and by
  21  ḏt Bʿdnm and by their two gods ʿṯtr
  22  ʿzzm and ḏt Ẓhrn, in the citadel
  23  Knn, and they committed their dedication to ʿṯtr
  24  S²rqn and ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 190, w. 44.1, th. 42.7-26.2
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 105-106Jamme, 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.
ʿInān 1976: 203-205ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo.