| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Measure of letters | 4.7 (max), 3.5 (min.) | ||||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| English | |
1 Ġwṯm [... ...]r and ʾs¹lm, and their son ʾbkrb, 2 of ʿynwm, descendants of the clan Gmyln ʿrgn, ʾkbr 3 of the tribe Mydʿm, and the highlands of the (wādī) ʾḏnt,dedicated to 4 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, these two statues by both of which 5 Ġwṯm has praised the power of ʾlmqh, because ʾlmqh has granted 6 all the favours that he had sought Him, for the construction of their house 7 S¹lḥn of Gmyln, and because He accomplished the oracular decision to his son 8 ʾbkrb, and because He brought about a successful conclusion the expeditions and the missions on which 9 his lord Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾnm, king of Sabaʾ, son of 10 Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ dispatched him in the country of the ʿrbn, in order to seek out 11 and seize some bedouin auxiliaries accompanying from the vicinity of the town of Mryb. 12 So they sought out, seized and captured those men of their 13 auxiliary troops, and confiscated their riding camels since the men 14 had made off into the desert with their camels; and they brought them back to the city of 15 Mryb [... ...]his lord Ns²ʾkrb, king of Sabaʾ; and 16 Ġwṯm has praised the power of ʾlmqh, because He has granted to them 17 the favours he has besought Him; and that ʾlmqh may continue to 18 grant to His servant Ġwṯm prosperity and the goodwill of their lord 19 Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾnm, king of Sabaʾ, son of Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ. 20 By ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by 21 ḏt-Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf, and by ʾlmqh ḏ-Gblm. |
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 100, w. 57.2, th. min. 33.5 (top), th. max. 36 (bottom) |
| Link to object record |
| 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 |
| Jamme 1962 a: 31-36, 269 | 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. |
| Beeston 1972 e: 351 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1972. Review of 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. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 35/2: 349-353. |
| Beeston 1976 b: 57-58 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Warfare in ancient South Arabian (2nd.-3rd. centuries A.D.). Qahtan. Studies in Old Arabian Epigraphy. 3. London: Luzac and Co. |
| Beeston 1980 a: 19 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1980. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography II. Raydān, 3: 17-26. |
| Robin 1991-1993 c: 78 | Robin, Christian J. 1991-1993 [1992]. La pénétration des Arabes nomades au Yémen. Pages 71-88 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud. |