Ja 613 MuB 6; MaMB 157
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 11
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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 | 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿwfm Yġnm bn (Mḏ)krm w-R—
2 s²dm mqtwy Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn
3 Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾ—
4 ls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹—
5 bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhw—
6 n-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm
7 b-ḏt hʿn w-mtʿn grb ʿbd-hw ʿ—
8 wfm Yġnm bn Mḏkrm w-Rs²dm b—
9 n ḥlẓ ḥlẓ b-hgrn Mrb b-wrḫ
10 ḏ-Mlyt ḏ-ḫrf Wddʾl bn ʾbkr—
11 b bn Kbr Ḫll s¹dṯn w-l-wzʾ ʾl—
12 mqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm hʿnn w-mtʿn |
13 grb ʿbd-hw ʿwfm Yġnm bn Mḏ—
14 krm w-Rs²dm bn ḥlẓm w-mrḍm w-
15 myqẓm w-bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-ʿ—
16 bṭm w-bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l-ḫ—
17 mr-hw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḥẓy
18 w-rḍw mrʾ-hw Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yh—
19 rḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-bry
20 ʾḏnm w-mqmm w-ʾṯmr ṣdqm ḏ-
21 yhrḍyn-hw bn kl ʾrḍt-hmw w-
22 ms²ymt-hmw b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿwfm Yġnm, of the families Mḏkrm and 2 Rs²dm, mqtwy of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn 3 Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 4 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of 5 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 6 Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise 7 because he protected and saved the person of His servant 8 ʿwfm Yġnm, of the families Mḏkrm and Rs²dm, from the 9 sickness from which he suffered in the town of Mrb in the month 10 of Mlyt of the sixth year of Wddʾl, son of ʾbkrb, 11 of the family Kbr Ḫll, and may 12 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to protect and save 13 the person of His servant ʿwfm Yġnm, of the families 14 Mḏkrm and Rs²dm, from any sickness and malady and 15 distress and from any evil and mischief 16 and calamity and from the malice and the maleficence of any enemy and may 17 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant him the goodwill 18 and the satisfaction of his lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, 19 king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and soundness of 20 faculties and material resources and good crops 21 that will satisfy him from all their lands and 22 their fields. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, MuB 6 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 50.7, w. 23.4-24, th. 14-11.5 |
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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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 110-111, pl. 11 | 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. |
| Bron 1988 a: 39, pl. 2 | Bron, François 1988. Inscriptions du Maḥram Bilqîs (Mārib) au Musée de Bayḥān. Raydān, 5: 39-51. |