| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| English | |
1 Ynʿm ʾḏrḥ and his sons ʾbkrb 2 and Kbrm, of the families ḏ-Ġymn and ḏ-Nʾs¹m, 3 ʾqwl of the tribe Ġymn, dedicated to ʾlmqh 4 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue, as 5 ʾlmqh ordered them in His oracle, so that ʾlmqh should grant them 6 prosperity and safety and good luck 7 which will satisfy their hearts, and so that ʾlmqh should grant 8 their vassals, the family Ġymn and ḏ-Nʾs¹m, the satisfaction 9 and the goodwill of their two lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ and 10 his son Mrṯdm Yhḥmd, kings of Sabaʾ and 11 ḏu-Raydān, sons of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ 12 and ḏu-Raydān, and may ʾlmqh continue to fulfill them 13 and grant them all the favours they may request 14 from Him, and may ʾlmqh deliver them from any evil 15 and mischief and from all the maleficence and the malice of 16 any enemy, the one far and near, and this dedication was (made) 17 for what has been and will be favourable to Ynʿm and 18 his sons ʾbkrb and Kbrm, of the families ḏ-Ġymn 19 and ḏ-Nʾs¹m and their ql and their tribe Ġymn; 20 by ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt 21 Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king 22 Tnf, and by their patron Ḥgrm Qḥmm Lord of 23 the two citadels (or: two mountains) Tnʿ and Lms¹, and they committed their dedication 24 to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm. |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 132.5, w. 47.7 |
| Link to object record |
| 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 |
| Jamme 1962 a: 124-125 | 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. |
| Sharafaddīn 1967: 76-77 | Sharafaddīn, Aḥmad H. 1967. Taʾrīḫ al-Yaman al-ṯaqāfī. Cairo. |
| ʿInān 1976: 379-380 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |