CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 4
CIAS: i, 81
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rṯdṯwn bn Qs²mn (h)—
2 qny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-
3 (ʾ)wm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥg-n s²—
4 ft-hw l-wfy-hw w-ʾṯt-h—
5 (w) ṣlmtm l-wfy-hmw w-
6 wfy ʾwld-hmy w-ḥmdw
7 mqm ʾlmqh k-ḫl-hmw bn
8 qblm ḏ-wdq ʿl-hmw w-l-ḫr—
9 yn grybt-hmw bn bʾs¹t—
10 (m) w-nkytm b-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯdṯwn, of the family Qs²mn, 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord 3 of ʾwm, the statue in bronze as he had 4 promised Him for his safety and his wife 5 (also dedicated) a female statue, for their safety and 6 the safety of their children, and they praised 7 the power of ʾlmqh, because He delivered them from 8 a calamity, which had fallen upon them, and may He save 9 their persons from evil 10 and mischief; by ʾlmqh. |
| 7-8 | Jamme relates ḫl to ḫyl, while Beeston in CIAS to Ar. ḫallā "set free". Jamme: "and they praised ʾIlumquh for having forced them out of a confrontation which occurred upon them". The root qbl implies the idea of something facing something else. |
| CIAS: i, 79-80 | 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: 261 | 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 440 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23, w. 18, th. 9.5 |
| 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
| CIAS: i, 79-81 (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] |