FB-Maḥram Bilqīs 3
Bron 2013 b: 189, fig. 3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Mrṯdm ʾrym w-ʾḫy-hw ʾs¹dm Yġ—
2 nm bnw ḏ-ʾʿyn mqtwy ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍ—
3 b w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry—
4 dn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ hqnyy ʾl—
5 mqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm
6 b-ḏt-ʾwly mrʾy-hmw b-wfym w-ḥmdm bn
7 kl s¹bʾt w-ḍbyʾ w-tqdmt s¹bʾy w-tqd—
8 mn mrʾy-hmw b-ʿm ʾs²ʿb w-mṣyrt Ḥmyrm
9 w-b-ḏt ṯbry w-tḍʿn ḍr-hmy w-ḥmdm b-ḏ[t]
10 ḫmr ʾlmqh ʿbdy-hw Mrṯdm ʾrym w-ʾ—
11 s¹dm Yġnm bny ḏ-ʾʿyn b-tʾwln b-wfy—
12 m w-mhrgtm w-ġnmm ḏ-hrḍw-hmy bn k—
13 l s¹bʾt w-tqdmt b-hmw s²wʿy mrʾy-hm—
14 w w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-wf—
15 ym w-mngt ṣdqm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-
16 hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn
17 mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-nʿmt w-rḍwt [bn]—
18 y Hmdn w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥs²dm w-ʾṯmr w-ʾ—
19 fql ṣdqm hnʾm w-l-ḫryn-hmw ʾlm—
20 qh bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-nḍʿ w-s²—
21 ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
| 6 | ʾwly is perhaps to correct in tʾwly. There is not word separ |
| 7 | Bron transcribes ḍbyʾ. |
| 17 | Bron reads rḍw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrṯdm ʾrym and his brother ʾs¹dm Yġ- 2 nm of the family ʾʿyn, mqtwy of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍ- 3 b and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu Ray- 4 dan, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾl- 5 mqh Ṯhwn the Lord of ʾwm, the statue of bronze in praise 6 because their two lords returned in safety and in glory from 7 all the campaigns and the battles and the attacks, which their two lords carried out and 8 did with the tribes and the armies of Ḥimyar; 9 and because they put to route and inflicted harm to their enemies; in praise because 10 ʾlmqh granted to His two servants Mrṯdm ʾrym and ʾ- 11 s¹dm Yġnm, of the family ʾʿyn, to return in safety, 12 with spoils and booty, that satisfied them, from all 13 the campaigns and the attacks, in which they did service to their two lords. 14 Might ʾlmqh continue to bestow to them prosperity, safety, 15 good luck, goodwill and satisfaction of their two lords 16 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, 17 the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu Raydan and the prosperity and the satisfaction of the 18 family Hmdn and of their tribe Ḥs²dm, and also good and healthy 19 crops and harvesting. Might ʾlmqh save them 20 from evil, mischief, harm, malice 21 of enemy. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2013 b: 189-190, fig. 3 | Bron, François 2013. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Semitica et Classica, 6: 187-194. |