Bāʿalyān 2015
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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 | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his son Wtrm reigned in the first half of the second century AD. |
TEXT
1 R[bʾ]w[m] [... ...]
2 w-S²rḥṯt bny [ḏ-S²]—
3 ʿrn h[qny]w ʾlmq[h]
4 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ṣ[lm]—
5 n l-s¹ʿ[d]-hmw ʾ[l]m[qh] [n]—
6 [ʿ]mtm w-r[ḍ]w w-ḥẓy [m]—
7 rʾ-hmw ʾ[l]s²[rḥ] m[lk]
8 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-bn-hw
9 [Wt]rm b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-
10 [ʾl]mqh w-ḏt Ḥmym w-
11 [ḏt B]ʿdnm w-[b-S²]ms¹ m[lkn]
| 2-3 | For the integration of the family name, see RES 4765, 6. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbʾwm [... ...] 2 and S²rḥṯt of the family 3 S²ʿrn dedicated to ʾlmqh 4 Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm, the statue; 5 may ʾlmqh grant them 6 prosperity, the satisfaction and the goodwill 7 of their lord ʾls²rḥ, the king 8 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydan, and his son 9 Wtrm. By ʿṯtr, Hbs, 10 ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym, 11 ḏt Bʿdnm and by the sun-deity of the king. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, Military Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 43, w. 12, th. 13 |
| 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 bʾl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāʿalyān 2015 | Bāʿalyān, Muḥammad ʿAwaḍ Manṣūr 2015 (1436). Naqsh sabʾī jadīd min ʿahd Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub (al-awwal) malik Sabaʾ wa-dhī Raydān (New Sabaean Inscription from the period of Ilshara the (first) king of Sheba and Du Raydan). Majallat al-Siyāḥa wa-l-Āthār, 27/1: 31-42. |