CIAS 39.11/o 7 n° 1 Ja 715
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 | 2.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʿbd Khlh w-Ḥbybm wz]—
2 ʿy rkbtn w-bn(y)-hmw [ʿ]—
3 mrʾl hqnyw mrʾ-hmw ʾlm—
4 qh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmnhn
5 ḏ-ḏhbn ḥg-n s²ft-hw w-ḥmd—
6 m b-ḏt hwfy-hmw w-b-ḏt yz—
7 ʾn ʾlmqhw hwfyn ʾdm-hw
8 ʿbd K(h)lh w-Ḥbybm w-bny-h—
9 mw ʿmrʾl w-l-hʿnn-hmw w-m—
10 tʿn-hmw bn bʾs¹tm w-nk(yt)m
11 w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿ—
12 l-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbd Khlh and Ḥbybm, the two mounted 2 troop commanders, and their son 3 ʿmrʾl dedicated to their Lord ʾlmqh 4 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the two statues 5 in bronze as he promised Him, and in praise 6 because He protect them and because ʾlmqh 7 may continue to protect His vassals 8 ʿbd Khlh and Ḥbybm and their son 9 ʿmrʾl, and may He help them and save 10 them from the evil, the harm 11 and the malice of any enemy, by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord 12 of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 513=AM 851 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28.3, w. 21, th. 9.9 |
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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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 199-200, pl. 30 | 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: 2, 6, pl. II | 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, 105-107, 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] |