Ja 599 MaMB 198
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 9
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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 | 1.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...](hrn )w[.]
2 [... ...](b)n Ngrn((Ngrn)) l-m—
3 [rʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥ](ḍb)( )w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn m—
4 [lky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd](n) (b)ny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ
5 [w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmq](h)-Ṯhwn ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hmw ʾ—
6 [ls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾ](ḫ)y-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-
7 [ḏ-Rydn bny Fr](ʿm) Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḫmr-hm—
8 [w ](ʾlmqh) ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm hnʾm bn ʾ—
9 [rḍ](t)-(h)mw w-l-ḫryn-hmw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm bn n—
10 ḍʿ w-s²ṣ(y s²nʾ)m b-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and 2 [... ...] Ngrn to 3 their two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two 4 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, 5 and might ʾlmqh Ṯhwn grant to them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their two lords 6 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and 7 ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; and might ʾlmqh grant to them 8 fine fruits and perfect crops 9 from their lands, and might ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm, protect them from 10 the harm and malice of enemy; by ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 19, w. 17.2, 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: 101, pl. 9 | 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. |