Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1.8 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 ʿmrm Yġnm and his brothers 2 ʿBydm and Ys¹rm, of the family Ḏrḥn, 3 mqtt of Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn, dedicated to ʾlmqh 4 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze 5 which they promised Him for the safety of their lord 6 Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn and for their safety and for the safety 7 of their sisters; and may ʾlmqh, Lord of 8 ʾwm, continue to grant to them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 9 Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn, and may ʾlmqh deliver them 10 from harm, malice and calumny of any enemy, 11 the one they are aware of and the one they are not aware of; 12 may ʾlmqh repeatedly save His servants 13 ʿmrm and his brothers ʿbydm and Yrs¹m, by 14 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
7 | Beeston in CIAS translates ʾḫt as "fellow-clansmen", commenting "hitherto unattested scriptio defectiva for ʾḪWT", but Jamme prefers to retain "sister". So also Stein 2003 a: 51, fn. 19. |
For a discussion of ʾdym, see Stein 2003 a: 66, fn. 163. |
CIAS: i, 76 | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
Jamme 1985: 260 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Stein 2003 a: 51 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 438 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 29, w. 21, th. 8 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
CIAS: i, 75-77 (photo) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
Jamme 1985: 260 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
al-Iryānī 1990: 207-208 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |