Ja 621 MaMB 171
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 13
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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 | 2.2 (max.); 2 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ytd((Yzd)) ʾbkʾ w-bny-hw Bqlm
2 w-ʾbkrb bnw ʿblm ʾʾḏ—
3 nn hqnyw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ṯwr—
4 n ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt hwfy-h—
5 mw b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾw w-ys¹t—
6 mlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw
7 ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ns²ʾkr—
8 b Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-
9 ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-
10 Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry—
11 dn w-ḥẓy (ʾmr)[ʾ-hmw w-bry ʾ]—
12 (ʾḏnm )[w-mqymtm ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ytd (or Yzd) ʾbkʾ and his sons Bqlm 2 and ʾbkrb descendants of ʿblm, the ʾʾḏnn, 3 dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the bull 4 in bronze, in praise because He gratified them 5 with all the favours they sought and will seek 6 Him for, and may He grant to them 7 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb 8 Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and 9 ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and 10 Yʾzl Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 11 and the goodwill of their lords and prosperity of 12 faculties and material resources [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. max. 28.7 (right), h. min. 24.8 (left), w. max. 22.3 (top), w. min. 22 (bottom), th. 10.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 122, pl. 13 | 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. |
| Korotayev 1994: 158 | Korotayev, Andrey V. 1994. The social sense of Middle Sabaean epithet names. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 24: 157-164. |