| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | h. 1.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| 17 | In the text of the inscription we read: "b-kn s¹bʾt". |
| English | |
1 Kwkbm Ydrʾ, of the family Mḥ[ylm] and his son ʾ- 2 s¹ʿd, royal officials of ʾls²r Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾ- 3 zl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu Raydān, sons of Frʿm 4 Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾ- 5 wm, these three statues and a support (?) and a bronze ibex 6 in praise because He granted him to protect his lords 7 ʾls²r Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, 8 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu Raydān from all the expeditions, battles 9 and clashes which they undertook, fought and led against 10 Ḥmyrm in the plain of ḏ-Ḥrmtm and in the region outside the town 11 of Dlg. And regarding the servant of them both, Kwkbm, he praised the power 12 and the authority of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, because He granted him 13 to protect (him) from all those expeditions and clashes; 14 and because He granted him to return with glory, spoils of those killed and 15 booty that satisfied his heart. And the sum of all the spoils 16 that Kwkbm Ydrʾ gained from Ḥmyrm and from those of S¹- 17 hrtn is of thirty-two men fatally wounded in all the expeditions 18 that he performed as vassal of his two lords until he dedicated this dedication, 19 with assistance and the favour of ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwmʾ and with beneficence and 20 the resources of their two lords. And may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 21 Lord of ʾwm, grant him favour and goodwill of their two lords ʾ- 22 ls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings 23 of Sabaʾ and ḏu Raydān, and deliver him from misfortune and 24 mischief, and from harm, malevolence, slander and malice of (the) enemy 25 that he knows and that he does not 26 know. For ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum, 1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 64, w. 23, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
| 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 |
| Robin and Bāfaqīh 1980: 84-90, pl. 1.1 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. and Robin, Christian J. 1980. Inscriptions inédites du Maḥram Bilqīs (Mārib) au musée de Bayḥān. Raydān, 3: 83-112. |
| Robin and Vogt 1997: 183, fig. 253 | Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe. |