Ja 719 MaMB 177
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 31
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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 | 1.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [Wfd]m w-bny-hw ʾbs²mr w-[.]
2 [... ... w-](M)rṯdʾwm bnw Wd—
3 [... ...] hqnyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿ—
4 [l-ʾwm ṣlmm] ḥmdm b-ḏt hwfy ʿbd-h—
5 [w Wfdm ](b)-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-
6 [hw w-l-wzʾ ] ʾlmqh hwfyn l-hw gr—
7 [ybt bny]-(h)w w-ʾm-hmw ʾbḥmd ḏt W—
8 [d... ... w-l-ḫm]r-hmw ʾlmqh ḥẓy ʾmrʾ—
9 [-hmw ... ...] w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥmln w-l-ḫ—
10 [mr-hmw ʾlmq]h bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqy—
11 [mtm w-l-ḏt ](n)ʿmt w-tnʿmn w-l-ḫryn-h—
12 [mw ʾlmqh] bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿ(t )[w-]
13 [ṭwʿ s²nʾm w-]l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh nʾd [d]—
14 [ṯʾ w-qyẓ ]w-ṣrb ʿdy kl ʾrḍ-hm[w w-]
15 [ʾs¹rr-hmw] w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh wḍ[ʿ ḍr-]
16 [hmw w-l-wzʾ] hwfyn grybt-(h)[mw ... ...]
17 [w-... ...-hm]w b-ʾlmqh-(b)ʿ(l)-[ʾwm]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wfdm and his son ʾbs²mr and 2 [... ...] and Mrṯdʾwm, of the family Wd- 3 [... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord 4 of ʾwm, the statue in praise because He gratified His servant 5 Wfdm with all the favours which he sought from 6 Him, and may ʾlmqh continue to protect for him the 7 persons of his sons, and his mother ʾbḥmd, of the family 8 Wd[... ...] and may ʾlmqh grant them the goodwill of their 9 lords [... ...] and their tribe Ḥmln, and may ʾlmqh grant 10 them prosperities of faculties and 11 power, and prosperity which has been and will be; 12 may ʾlmqh deliver them from the maleficence, the malice, the calumny and 13 the subjection of the enemy, and may ʾlmqh grant them luxuriant crops of 14 spring, summer and harvest season in all their lands and 15 their valleys, and may ʾlmqh continue to humiliate their enemy, 16 and may continue to protect their persons [... ...] 17 [... ...]them. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 26.6, w. 13.1, th. 8 |
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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: 202-203, pl. 31 | 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. |