Ja 666 MaMB 140; ZI 47
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 18
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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 | 2.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾbkrb ʾyhr w-ʿbdʿṯtr ʾs²w—
2 ʿ w-bny-hmy Whbʾwm ʾs¹ʿd b—
3 nw ḏ-ʿḍdn ʾqwl s²ʿbn ʿḍdn hqnyw
4 mrʾ-hmw-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm frs¹m w-rkb-
5 hw kly ḏhbm ḏ-s²ft-hw ḥmdm b-(ḏ)—
6 t hwfy ʾlmqh bn mḥr kwn b-ʾr—
7 ḍn w-l-wzʾ mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqh s²wf w-(m)—
8 tʿn ʾdm-hw ʾbkrb w-ʿbdʿṯtr w-W—
9 hbʾwm bny ḏ-ʿḍdn bn bʾs¹t
10 w-nkytm w-ʾʾrḫ s¹wʾm w-nḍʿ w-s²(ṣ)—
11 y s²nʾm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw bry ʾʾḏn(m)
12 w-mqymtm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-(h)—
13 mw Krbʾl Yhnʿm mlk S¹bʾ w-(ḏ)-
14 Rydn w-Ḥḍrmt w-Ymnt w-l-ḫmr-h—
15 mw ʾṯmrm w-ʾfqlm nʾdm w-frʿ
16 ʾmyrt dṯʾ w-ḫrf b-ʾlmqhw
17 Ṯhwn-b(ʿ)l-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbkrb ʾyhr and ʿbdʿṯtr ʾs²wʿ 2 and their sons Whbʾwm ʾs¹d 3 of the family ʿḍḍn, ʾqwl of the tribe ʿḍḍn, dedicated 4 to their lord ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, a horse and his 5 rider, all of them two in bronze, which they promised Him in praise 6 because ʾlmqh protected against the ruin which was in the 7 land; and may their Lord ʾlmqh to look after and save 8 His servants ʾbkrb and ʿbdʿṯtr and 9 Whbʾwm, of the family ʿḍḍn, from the misfortune 10 and the mischief and the things of the evil, and the maleficence and the malice 11 of the enemy, and may He grant to them prosperities of faculties 12 and power and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 13 Krbʾl Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 14 Raydān and Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, and may He grant to 15 them fruits crops and harvests of luxuriance, and crops 16 of cereals of spring and autumn season. By ʾlmqhw 17 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 82, w. 33.5, th. max. 24.8 (top), th. min. 12.8 (bottom) |
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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 bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 172, pl. 18 | 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: 495 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1966. Himyaritica 2. Le Muséon, 79: 475-500. |
| ʿInān 1976: 306-308 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |