CIAS 39.11/o 5
CIAS: i, 65
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 3 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 (S¹)ʿdʾl Nhzn w-(bny)-h[w ... ... h]—
2 qnyw ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn bʿl [ʾwm ... ...]
3 l-hw b-kn s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm-hw [... ...]
4 ʾwldm ʾḏkrm hnʾm w-ḥm[... ...]
5 ʾmlʾ w-tbs²rt s¹tmlʾw (b)-[ʿm-hw ... ... b]—
6 ny-hmw Ḏʿbm w-Mrṯds¹mʿ bny[ ... ...]
7 w-wfy ʾbʿl byt-hmw w-l-s¹(ʿ)[d-hmw ... ...]
8 (S¹)bʾ w-ʾqwl-hmw ʾly Mʾḏ[nm ... ... ṣd]—
9 qm bn-kl ʾrḍ-hmw w-l-ḫryn-h[mw ... ...]—
10 m w-s²ym-(h)[mw ... ...]
| 10 | Empty space at the beginning of the line. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʾdʾl Nhzn and his sons [... ...] 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, [... ...] 3 when they sought from him [... ...] 4 male healthy children and [... ...] 5 the favours and the good news they sought from Him [... ... ] 6 their sons Ḏʿbm and Mrṯds¹mʿ, descendants of [... ...] 7 and the safety of the lords of their house; and may He grant to [them ... ...] 8 Sabaʾ and their ʾqwl, those of Mʾḏ[nm ... ...] 9 good [products] from all their land, and may He vouchsafe them [... ...] 10 and their Patron [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 368 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 42, w. 26, th. 10 |
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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
| CIAS: i, 63-65 (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] |