CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Ja 558 MaMB 201; ZI 65


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.8
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [ʾlʿṯt w-ʾws¹ʿṯt w-... ... w-S²rḥʾl bnw ʿblm w-bny-hmw ʾlwhb w-Drs¹m w-Dws¹m w-Gnʾn bny ʿblm hqnyw mrʾ-hmw]
   2  ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm [... ...]t[.]m[... ...]ʿn w-ṯmntn ʾmṯln ʾly ḏhbn ʾly s¹twk(l)-(h)w( )(ʾl)[ʿ]ṯt w-ʾws¹[ʿ]ṯt [... ... w-]
   3  S²rḥʾl bnw ʿblm w-l bny-hmw ʾlwhb w-Drs¹m w-Dws¹m w-Gnʾn bny ʿblm l-wfy-hmw w-wfy ʾnfs¹-hmw w-bny-hmw w-ʾw—
   4  ld-hmw w-qny-hmw w-b-ḏt ys³fn-hmw ʾlmqhw w-ldm w-qnym hnʾm w-bry ʾḏnm w-mqmm w-b-ḏt yhʿnn-hmw w-mtʿ ʾlm—
   5  qh bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-bn ʿdqm w-qmtm w-bn mlʾ w-ḥf s²nʾm w-b-ḏt hwfy-hmw w-yhwfyn ʾlmqh ḏt tnbʾ-hw b-
   6  ʿṯtr w-b Hwbs¹ w-b ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b mrʾy-hmw Ydʿʾl bn Krbʾl Byn mlk S¹bʾ w-ʾḫ-hw ʾl—
   7  s²rḥ bn S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ w-b s²ʿb-hmw Fys²n-w-rṯdw bnw ʿblm ʾlmqh hqnyt-hmw bn hkrn-h w-ʾḫrn-h
   8  <w->ḍryn-h

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  ʾlʿṯt and ʾws¹ʿṯt and [...] and S²rḥʾl, descendants of the clan ʿblm, and their sons ʾlwhb and Drs¹m and Dws¹m and Gnʾn, descendants of the clan ʿblm, dedicated to their Lord
   2  ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, [...] and these eight images in bronze, by which ʾlʿṯt and ʾws¹ʿṯt and [...] have sought Him favour [... ...] and
   3  S²rḥʾl, descendants of the clan ʿblm, and for their sons ʾlwhb and Drs¹m and Dws¹m and Gnʾn, descendants of the clan ʿblm, for their safety and the safety of their lives and of their sons and of their
   4  children and of their properties; and because ʾlmqh may add to them healthy children and properties and prosperity of faculties and power; and because ʾlmqh may help and save them
   5  from misfortunes and mischief and from ʿqd and qmt and from the host and the encirclement of enemy; and because ʾlmqh has saved them and will save them, as He promised him. By
   6  ʿṯtr and by Hwbs¹ and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by their two lords Ydʿʾl, son of Krbʾl Byn, king of Sabaʾ, and his brother
   7  ʾls²rḥ, son of S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ, and by their tribe Fys²n; and the descendants of the clan ʿblm have committed to ʾlmqh their dedication against its damage and its removal
   8  and its conceal.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 270, w. 42, th. 47.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Jamme 1962 a: 24-28Jamme, 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.
Nebes 1994: 198Nebes, Norbert 1994. Verwendung und Funktion der Präfixkonjugation im Sabäischen. Pages 191-211 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.