Ja 668 MaMB 236
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 19
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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 | 2.6 (max.); 2 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]s²bm w-[... ...]
2 [... ...]ḥḍ[... ...]rr ʿ[... ...]
3 [... ...]r b-ʿbr mrʾ[-hmw Ḏmr]ʿl[y Y]—
4 [hbr w]-(b)ny-hw Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm mlky S¹b—
5 ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt w-ḥ(m)[dw]
6 ḫyl w-mqm mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqh [b-ḏ]t
7 mtʿ w-hwfyn ʾdm-hw s²ʿbn S¹bʾ K—
8 hln w-b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw mhrgtm w-ʾḫ—
9 yḏtm w-s¹bym ḏ-ʿs¹m w-hrḍw ʾdm-h—
10 w s²ʿbn S¹bʾ Khln w-bn kl hgr
11 s¹rrn ḏ-hs¹bʿw w-l-wzʾ ḫmr ʾlmq—
12 h ʾdm-hw s²ʿbn S¹bʾ Khln hḥm—
13 dn w-hyhrn ʾhn-mw yqhnn-hmw ʾm—
14 rʾ-hmw ʾml(k) S¹bʾ w-bnw ḏ-Rydn [w-]
15 l-ḫmr-hmw ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ḏm—
16 rʿly Yhbr w-bny-hw Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm
17 mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-
18 Ymnt w-l-yhʿnn-hmw w-mtʿn-hmw
19 bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]s²bm and [... ...] 2 [... ...] 3 [... ...] in favour of their lord Ḏmrʿly 4 Yhbr and his son Ṯrʾn Yhnʿm, kings of Sabaʾ 5 and ḏu-Raydān and Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, and they praised 6 the might and the power of their lord ʾlmqh because 7 He saved and protected His servants, the tribe of Sabaʾ 8 Khln, and because He granted them killings and prisoners 9 of war and captives which are in great numbers, and which satisfied His servants, 10 the tribe of Sabaʾ Khln, and from every city of 11 S¹rrn which they forced to capitulate; may ʾlmqh continue to grant 12 His servants, the tribe of Sabaʾ Khln, to behave in a praiseworthy way and 13 to win success whenever their 14 lords the kings of Sabaʾ and the descendants of ḏu-Raydān will order them; and 15 may He grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ḏmrʿly 16 Yhbr and his son Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm, 17 kings of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt and 18 Ymnt, and may He help them and save them 19 from the maleficence and the malice of the enemy. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 173-174, pl. 19 | 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. |
| Nebes 1994: 197 | Nebes, 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. |