CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 2
CIAS: i, 73
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Mʿdk](r)b S¹bʾyn mqtw(y) [.]—
2 [... ...] hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-[ʾ]—
3 [wm ṣ](l)mn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft l-hw
4 [l-wfy R](ṯ)dṯwn ʾḫṭr bn Tḏ(q)—
5 [.. w-s²ʿ]b-hw w-ʾlmqhw f-l yḫmr—
6 [n ʿbd-hw] Mʿdkrb wfy grb-hw
7 [w-ḥẓy w-]rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ns²ʾkrb Yh—
8 [ʾmn Yhr]ḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
9 [bn ʾls²]rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn
10 [mlky S¹](b)ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Y—
11 [nhb ml](k) S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-hʿnn-hm—
12 [w ʾlmqh ]bn bʾs¹(tm w)-(t)lftm w-
13 [... ... ʾ]lmqh-Ṯ[hwn-bʿl]-ʾwm
| 1-2 | Beeston in CIAS restores Rṯdṯwn in the lacuna. Jamme prefers mlkn. |
| 5-6 | Beeston in CIAS: f-l yḫmr [ʿbd-hw], corrected by Nebes 1995 a: 28 (41). |
| 12 | Beeston in CIAS: tgftm. Correction by Jamme. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mʿdkrb, the Sabaean, mqtwy of 2 [... ...], dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of 3 ʾwm, the statue in bronze which he promised to Him 4 for the safety of Rṯdṯwn ʾḫṭr, descendant of Tḏq[..] 5 [... ...]his tribe, and may ʾlmqhw grant 6 His servant Mʿdkrb the safety of his person 7 and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb 8 Yhʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 9 son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, 10 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 11 Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may ʾlmqh help them 12 against evil and ruin and 13 [... ...] ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 394 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 36, w. 16.5, th. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
CULTURAL NOTES
The title of Frʿm Ynhb is "king of Sabaʾ", here seems to have the long title: "king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān" .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 71-73 (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: 258-259 | 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] |
| Nebes 1995 a: 28 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |