CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 1 Ir 36/B2
CIAS: i, 69
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.1 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [R](b)bm bn Rs¹mm ʾr(s¹)mn hqnyw ʾ—
2 (l)mqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṯwrnhn ḏ-ḏhbn (ḥ)—
3 [mdm ](b)-ḏt ḫmr-hmw hwfyn-hmw bn ḍr kwn b-
4 [...](s¹)nn(([...](ʾ)nn)) w-l-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh mhrgm w-ġn—
5 [mm ]ḏ-hrḍw-hmw w-l-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh (ʾ)—
6 [... ]ṣdqm ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-l-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾl—
7 [mqh ]hwfyn-hmw b-kl ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾnn b-ʿ—
8 [m-hw ]w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ—
9 [y-hmw] ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn
10 [mlk](y) S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb ml—
11 [k S¹b]ʾ w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh ḫmr-hmw ʾbrq ṣdq—
12 [m ʿd]y ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²ymt-hmw w-l-wzʾ h—
13 [wfyn]-hmw b-kl ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-
14 [l ḫryn]-hmw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy (w)-
15 [... s²]nʾm ḏ-(rḥ)q bn-hmw w-ḏ-qrb l-hmw
16 [w-ḏ-b]n-hw dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl dʿw |
| 1 | Iryānī and Ryckmans read ʾrs¹mn while Beeston in CIAS ʾrʾmn. |
| 4 | Iryānī reads [... ...]ʾnn, Beeston in CIAS [... ...]s¹nn. Ryckmans restores [K]nn. |
| 5-6 | Beeston in CIAS: ʾ—[ṯmr ]ṣdqm. Jamme: ʾ—[bqr ]ṣdqm (cf. ll. 11-12). |
| 12-13 | Beeston in CIAS: h—[wfy]-hmw. |
| 14 | The restoration l ḫryn is hypothetical. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbbm, of the family Rs¹mm, those of Rs¹mm, dedicated to 2 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the two bulls in bronze, in praise 3 because He granted to them their safety from the war which took place 4 [... ...] and because ʾlmqh granted to them slaughtering and booty 5 which satisfied them, and because ʾlmqh granted them 6 fine crops in their land, and because ʾlmqh granted them 7 their satisfaction in all the favours they will ask from 8 Him; and may ʾlmqh grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of 9 their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn 10 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb king 11 of Sabaʾ, and may ʾlmqh continue to grant to them good rainy seasons 12 in their land and their fields; and may He continue to satisfy 13 them in all the favours they will seek from Him, and 14 may ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, protect them from harm and malice and 15 [... ...] of any enemy, the one who is far from them and the one who is near to them, 16 and the one they are aware of and the one they are not aware of. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 392 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30, w. 20, th. 13 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Iryānī 1973: 180-183 (photo) | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1975 a: 216 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1975. Ḥimyaritica 5. Le Muséon, 88: 199-219. |
| Jamme 1979 d: 271 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Review of 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]. Orientalia, 48: 260-284. |
| CIAS: i, 67-69 (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] |
| Jamme 1985: 255-258 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 216-219 (photo) | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |