CIAS 39.11/o 3 n° 7 Ja 620
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | about 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rbʾl w-ʾḫy-hw Yzd w-Hwf—
2 ʾl w-bny-hmw ʾzʾd bnw Ḏḫ—
3 rm hqnyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
4 ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt hʿn w-m—
5 tʿn grb ʿbd-hw Rbʾl bn ts²ynt
6 hs²yn bn ʾʾrḫ nhk ʿly-hmw s²nʾ—
7 n w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh hwfyn w-mtʿn ʾ—
8 dm-hw Rbʾl w-Yzd w-Hwfʾl w-bny-
9 hmw ʾzʾd bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-
10 bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l-ḫmr-hm—
11 w ʾlmqh ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm b—
12 n ʾʿnb-hmw w-ʿbrt-hmw w-l-ḫmr-hmw
13 ʾlmqh ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ns²ʾ—
14 krb Yhʾmn Yhrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-
15 Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbʾl and his two brothers Yzd and Hwfʾl 2 and their son ʾzʾd descendants of Ḏḫrm 3 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm 4 the statue in bronze, in praise because He helped and saved 5 the person of His servant Rbʾl from the injuries that 6 he suffered as a result of the casualties inflicted on them by the enemy; 7 and may ʾlmqh continue to protect and save 8 His vassals Rbʾl, Yzd and Hwfʾl and their 9 son ʾzʾd from evil and distress, 10 and from the harm and the malice of any enemy; and may ʾlmqh grant them 11 fine fruits and crops from 12 their vineyards and fields; and may ʾlmqh grant them 13 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb 14 Yhʾmn Yhrḥb king of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 15 Raydān son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1614=AM 863 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 29.6, w. 18.7, th. 11 |
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 121-122, pl. 12 | 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. |
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 4, pl. I | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |
| CIAS: ii, 45-47, 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] |