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al-Iryānī 1990: 321
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd w-ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyf—
2 ʿ Yḥmd w-bny-hmy ʾs¹dm Yʿ(f)
3 w-S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr bnw ḏ-Kbr-ʾqynm
4 ʾqwl s²ʿbn Bklm rbʿn ḏ-hgrn S²—
5 bmm ḏ-ʾʿḏr ʿrn ʾlw mqtt Ns²ʾ—
6 krb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R—
7 ydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl By—
8 n mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn hqnyw ʾ—
9 lmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḏn ṣlmn ḏ-
10 ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏ-ḫmr-hmw ʾfql
11 ṣdqm s¹qym w-dʿtm w-dbs¹m b-b—
12 rq qyẓ w-dṯʾ w-ṣrbn b-ḫrf S¹m—
13 hkrb bn ʾbkrb bn Fḍḥm ḫms¹—
14 n bn kl ms²ymt-hmw w-ʾrḍ-hmw w-
15 mfnt-hmw w-hgr-hmw w-l-wzʾ ʾlm—
16 qh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr ʾdm-hw ʾs¹—
17 ʿd (Yz)d w-ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyfʿ Yḥm—
18 d w-bny-hmy ʾs¹dm Yʿf w-S¹ʿdm Y—
19 s¹kr bnw ḏ-Kbr-ʾqynm frʿ ʾm—
20 yrt dṯʾ w-ḫrf w-s¹ʿs¹ʿm w-mly—
21 m w-nʾd qyẓ w-ʿln w-ṣrb ʿdy
22 (k)l ʾrḍ-hmw w-mfnt-hmw w-ʾfql—
23 m hnʾm ḏ-yhrḍwn-hmw w-l-ḫmr ʾ—
24 lmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ʾdm-hw ʾs¹—
25 ʿd Yzd w-ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyfʿ Yḥm(d)
26 w-bny-hmy ʾs¹dm Yʿf w-S¹ʿdm Ys¹k—
27 r bnw ḏ-Kbr-ʾqynm {w-}ḥẓy w-rḍw
28 mrʾ-hmw Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb
29 mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ (Y)—
30 ḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-
31 Rydn w-l-hʿn w-mtʿn ʾlmqh-bʿl-
32 ʾwm ʾdm-hw ʾs¹ʿd Yzd w-ʾḫ—
33 y-hw S¹mhyfʿ Yḥmd w-bny-hm—
34 y ʾs¹dm Yʿf w-S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr bn—
35 w ḏ-Kbr-ʾqynm bn bʾs¹tm w-n(k)—
36 ytm w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt s²nʾm ḏ-
37 bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl-dʿw b-(ʾ)—
38 lmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
| 27 | The visible part of text on Iryānī's photograph ends at l. 26. At l. 27, the first conjunction w- may be a scribal error or an oversight in the editor's transcription. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd and his brother S¹mhyfʿ 2 Yḥmd and their sons ʾs¹dm Yʿf 3 and S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr, of the family Kbr ʾqynm, 4 ʾqwl of the tribe Bklm, residents of the town 5 S²bmm, community of the mountain ʾlw, mqtt Ns²ʾkrb 6 Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 7 Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, 8 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to 9 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this statue in 10 bronze in praise because He granted them good 11 watered crops and not watered crops and honey during the 12 rains of summer and spring and the harvest season in the fifth year of 13 S¹mhkrb, son of ʾbkrb, of the family Fḍḥm, 14 from all their cultivated areas and their land and 15 their fields irrigated by canals and their town; may ʾlmqh 16 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant to His servants ʾs¹ʿd 17 Yzd and his brother S¹mhyfʿ Yḥmd 18 and their sons ʾs¹dm Yʿf and S¹ʿdm 19 Ys¹kr, of the family Kbr ʾqynm first-fruits 20 of cereal harvest in spring and autumn and summer and winter 21 and abundance of summer crops and rain season and harvest season in 22 all their land and their fields irrigated by canals and healthy crops 23 that will satisfy them; may 24 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant His servants ʾs¹ʿd 25 Yzd and his brother S¹mhyfʿ Yḥmd 26 and their sons ʾs¹dm Yʿf and S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr, 27 of the family Kbr ʾqynm, the goodwill and the satisfaction 28 of their lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, 29 king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ 30 Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 31 Raydān, and may ʾlmqh Lord of 32 ʾwm protect and save His servants ʾs¹ʿd Yzd and 33 his brother S¹mhyfʿ Yḥmd and their sons 34 ʾs¹dm Yʿf and S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr, of the family 35 Kbr ʾqynm, from any evil and harm 36 and the malice and the maleficence and the slander of any enemy, the one 37 they are aware of and the one they are not aware of. By 38 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| 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 1990: 281-321 (facsimiles and photos) | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |