CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 6
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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾs¹dm ʾṣḥḥ w-ʾḫy-hw Rbʾ—
2 wm bnw ḏ-ʿs²rm hqnyw ʾlmq—
3 h- bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmnhn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmd—
4 m b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh s¹twfyn b-k—
5 l tbqlt bqlw b-ʾrḍ-hmw ʾrḍ b—
6 ny ʾs²rm ʾʿmdm w-ʾʿlbm w-ʾbwnm
7 w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr-hmw ʾṯm—
8 r w-ʾfql ṣdqm ḏ-yhrḍyn-hmw l-ḏ—
9 t ḫmr ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ʿbd-hw
10 ʾs¹dm bn ʾs²rm s¹twfyn b-kl s¹b—
11 ʾt s¹bʾ w-s²wʿn mrʾy-hmw w-l-ḫmr-
12 hmw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ḥẓy w-rḍw mr—
13 ʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾ—
14 zl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny F—
15 rʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾl—
16 mqh ḏt nʿmt w-tnʿmn l-grybt-hm—
17 w w-byt-hmw w-l-hʿnn-hmw w-ḫryn-hmw
18 ʾlmqh bn nḍʿ w-ṭwʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm ḏ-q—
19 rb w-rḥq b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾs¹dm ʾṣḥḥ and his brother Rbʾwm 2 descendants of ḏ-ʿs²rm dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Master of ʾwm the two statues in bronze, in praise 4 because ʾlmqh granted them the profit from 5 all the plantations they planted in their lands, the lands of the descen- 6 dants of ʿs²rm with ʿmd-plants, ʿilb-trees and bān-trees; 7 and may ʾlmqh, Master of ʾwm, continue to grant them perfect 8 fruit crops and harvests, which may satisfy them, because 9 ʾlmqh, Master of ʾwm granted His servant 10 ʾs¹dm descendant of ʿs²rm prosperity in all the military expeditions 11 they undertook and in which they followed their two lords, and may ʾlmqh, 12 Master of ʾwm, grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their 13 two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl 14 Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of 15 Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ, and may ʾlmqh grant them 16 past and future prosperity for their persons 17 and their houses, and may ʾlmqh help them and deliver them 18 from the harm, the subjection and the malice of any enemy, the one far and 19 the one near, by ʾlmqh, Master of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2659 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 38, w. 22, 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 bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 83-85 (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] |