CIAS 39.11/o 7 n° 5 Ja 691
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 | 2.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (R)ymm bn S²rḥṯt [mqt]—
2 (w)y Dwmn Yʾzm ḏ-Ġym—
3 [n] (h)qnyw ʾlmqhw bʿl
4 [ʾw]m ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbm ḥmdm
5 [b-ḏ]t hwfy-hw b-ʾmlʾ s¹tm—
6 [lʾ] b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmq—
7 [hw Ṯ]hwn bʿl ʾwm ḥẓy w-r—
8 [ḍw] ʾmrʾ-hmw bny ḏ-Ġymn w-(l)
9 [s¹ʿ](d)-hmw ʾṯmrm s²fqm d(ʿ)tm
10 [w-s¹]qym ḏ-yrḍwn-hmw w-l-ḫry—
11 [n-hm]w bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm ḏ-rḥq
12 [w-qrb ḏ]-bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl
13 [dʿw] b-ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rymm descendant of S²rḥṯt mqtwy 2 of Dwmn Yʾzn ḏ-Ġymn 3 dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of 4 ʾwm the statue in bronze, in praise 5 because He gratified him with the favours he sought 6 from Him, and may grant ʾlmqh 7 Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm the goodwill and the sa- 8 tisfaction of their lords the family of ḏ-Ġymn, and may He 9 grant them well-watered crops both naturally 10 and artificially irrigated, which will satisfy them, and may He deliver 11 them from the harm and the malice of any enemy far or 12 near, the one theyr are aware of and the one they are not 13 aware of, by ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 212=AM 851 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 24, w. 14, th. 12.5 |
| 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 bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 186, pl. 24 | 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. |
| CIAS: ii, 119-121, 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] |