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Ir 6 ZI 69


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Iryani gives a division of the text into paragraphs, without respecting the lines.

TEXT


   1  S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr w-Yhʿn Y—
   2  ġnm w-bny-hmw Klbm
   3  ʾwkn bnw S¹ʾrn w-Mḥy—
   4  lm ʾqwl s²ʿbn Bklm rb—
   5  ʿn ḏ-Rydt hqnyw ʾlmqh
   6  Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ḏn ṣlmn
   7  l-wfy-hmw w-ḥmdm b-ḏt s²r—
   8  ḥ w-hwfyn grb ʿbd-hw S¹ʿ—
   9  dm b-kn ʾtw ʿdy hgrn Mryb
  10  b-ʿm ʾqwln b-ywm ḏ-kyn b—
  11  yn ʾs¹bʾn w-Lḥyʿṯt Kbr ʾqy—
  12  nm w-l-s¹ʿd ʾlmqh ʾdm-hw S¹—
  13  ʿdm w-Yhʿn w-bny-hw Klbm b—
  14  ny S¹ʾrn w-Mḥylm nʿmtm w-m—
  15  ngt ṣdqm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-
  16  hmw Ḏmrʿly Yhbr w-bn-hw Ṯʾr—
  17  n mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Ys¹rm
  18  Yhṣdq mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-s¹ʿ—
  19  d-hmw ʾlmqh nʾd ʾṯmrm w-ʾfq—
  20  lm bn kl ʾs¹rr-hmw w-kbr dṯʾ
  21  w-ḫrf w-l-ḫryn-hmw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣ—
  22  y s²nʾm b-ʿṯtr w-Hwbs¹ w-ʾlm—
  23  qh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm

Apparatus
1Yhʿn w-bny-hmw; ʾlmqh ḏn ṣlmn; b-ywmm (Inan).
2nʾdn (Inan).

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr and Yhʿn Yġnm
   2  and their son Klbm
   3  ʾwkn, of the family S¹ʾrn and Mḥylm,
   4  ʾqwl of the tribe Bklm, one-fourth
   5  of ḏ-Rydt, dedicated to ʾlmqh
   6  Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm, this statue
   7  for their safety and in praise because
   8  He delivered and saved the body of His servant
   9  S¹ʿdm when he came back to the town of Mryb
  10  with the ʾqwl in the battle that was between the
  11  Sabaeans and Lḥyʿṯt, the kbr of ʾqynm.
  12  Might ʾlmqh grant to His servants
  13  S¹ʿdm and Yhʿn and his son Klbm
  14  of the family S¹ʾrn and Mḥylm success,
  15  good luck, the favour and the goodwill of their master
  16  Ḏmrʿly Yhbr and his son Ṯʾrn,
  17  the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, the sons of Ys¹rm
  18  Yhṣdq, the king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān. Might
  19  ʾlmqh grant to them luxuriant fruits and crops
  20  from all their lands and abundance of spring
  21  and autumn crops. Might He deliver them from the maleficence and
  22  the malice of the enemy. By ʿṯtr, Hwbs¹, ʾlmqh,
  23  by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, Unknown (Private collection)
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

al-Iryānī 1973: 36-45al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo.
Ryckmans, Jacques 1974: 241-242Ryckmans, Jacques 1974. Himyaritica 3. Le Muséon, 87: 237-263.
ʿInān 1976: 3922-393ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo.
al-Iryānī 1990: 69-79al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī.