Ja 580 MaMB 184
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 6
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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 | 1.5 | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Bqlm bn Ṯly mqtwy ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb
2 w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-
3 Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ hqny ʾ—
4 lmqh- Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṯwrn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmd—
5 m b-ḏ-hwfy-hw b-ms¹ʾl-hw k-yʾtyn b-wf—
6 ym w-mhrgm w-ġnmm ḏ-yhrḍyn lb-hw (b)-
7 kn s¹bʾ w-s²wʿn mrʾ(y)-(hm)[w ʾls²rḥ ](Y)ḥḍ(b)
8 w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl By[n mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry](d)n [ʿ]—
9 (d)y ʾrḍ Ḥmyrm w-b-ḏ(t ḫmr)-(h)[w]( )(ʾlm)[qh ]b(ʿ)[l]
10 (ʾ)wm hwfyn ʾḫ-hw ʾs¹dm bn Ṯly w-ʾw[ld-]
11 [h](m)y w-ḫmr-hmw mhrgm w-ġnmm b-kl (h)[nt]
12 [s¹bʾ](t)n w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr ʿb(d)-(h)[w]
13 [Bqlm bn ] (Ṯl)y hwfyn-hw w-(ḫmr)-(h)w mhrgm[ w-ġnmm]
14 [w-l ḫryn-hw bn]( bʾ)[s¹tm w-nkym w-nḍʿ] w-[s²ṣy s²nʾ]—
15 [m ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Bqlm, of the family Ṯly, mqtwy of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb 2 and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and 3 ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ, dedicated to 4 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the bull in bronze, in praise 5 because He granted to him in His oracle that he should return in safety 6 and with killing and booty, which satisfied his heart, when 7 he undertook the military expedition and followed their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb 8 and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān in 9 the land of Ḥimyar, and because ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, granted to him 10 the safety of his brother ʾs¹dm of the family Ṯly and of their 11 children and He granted to them killing and booty in all those 12 military expeditions, and might ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant to His servant 13 Bqlm son of Ṯly, his safety and grant to him killing and booty; 14 might He deliver him from evil, distress, harm and the malice of any enemy 15 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. max. 24.6, w. min. 21.5 (top), th. 15 |
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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 bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 87-88, pl. 6 | 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. |