Ja 589
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Yhʿn ʾḫṭʾ(r)( ḏ)-(ṣ)ry-hw ʾbkrb w-bn—
2 y-hw Hḥyʿṯt ḏ-ṣry-hw Mʿdkrb (w)-
3 S²fʿṯt ḏ-ṣry-hw Wddʾl w-Whbʾwm ḏ-
4 ṣry-hw S¹mhkrb bnw ʿṯkln ʿṣyt hq—
5 nyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏh—
6 bn ḥmdm b-ḏ-ḫmr w-hws²ʿn mrʾy-hmw
7 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn ml—
8 ky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk
9 S¹bʾ b-wḍʿ w-ṯbr w-hṯlʿn w-hs¹ḥtn Krb—
10 ʾl ḏ-Rydn w-ʾs²ʿb w-mṣyrt Ḥmyrm wld-ʿm((Ḥmyrm wld-ʿm))
11 b-ḥbl w-ḍr hs²tʾw w-tns²ʾn b-ʿbr mrʾ—
12 y-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn
13 mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-rʾ k-ḫmr ʾlmqh
14 bʿl-ʾwm (tʾ)wln mrʾy-hmw b-wfym w-ḥ(m)—
15 [dm ... ...]
| 1-4 | Jamme reads ḏ-Ṣryhw as a name of clan. |
| 15 | Jamme reads: [dm ... ...](ḏ)-ʿs¹m[... ...] |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yhʿn ʾḫṭr of whom ʾbkrb is the protector, and his 2 sons Hḥyʿṯt of whom Mʿdkrb is the protector, and 3 S²fʿṯt of whom Wddʾl is the protector and Whbʾwm of whom 4 Smhkrb is the protector, descendants of ʿṯkln ʿṣyt 5 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze, 6 in praise because He has granted and assisted their two lords 7 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two 8 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, the two sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of 9 Sabaʾ, in humiliating and crushing and breaking and destroying Krbʾl 10 of Raydān and the tribes and the expeditionary forces of Ḥimyar, the children of ʿm, 11 in the revolt and the war they started and rose up against their two 12 lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, 13 the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān; and indeed has granted ʾlmqh, 14 Lord of ʾwm, the return of their two lords in safety and in 15 praise [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2650 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 37, w. 27, th. 16 |
| 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 bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 95-96, pl. 7 | 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. |
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 2, 8, pl. IV | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |