CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 8 Ja 707
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 | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]w-(bny)-h(m)[w]
2 Yḥmʾl w-S¹ʿdʾwm w-(S¹)—
3 ʿdkrb bny ḏ-Bydn w-W(h)—
4 bm ʾʾbyn ʾdm ḏ-Nzḥt(n)
5 hqnyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾw(m)
6 [ṣ](l)mnhn ḏy-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-h[w]
7 [l]-wfy-hmw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw nʿm[t]—
8 m w-mngwt ṣdqm w-rḍw [ʾ]—
9 mrʾ-hmw b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhw[n]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and their sons 2 Yḥmʾl and S¹ʿdʾwm and 3 Mʿdkrb of the family ḏ-Bydn and Whbm, 4 the Abyanites, vassals of ḏ-Nzḥtn, 5 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 6 the two statues in bronze that he promised [Him] 7 for their safety, and so that He should grant them prosperity 8 and good luck and the satisfaction of 9 their lords, by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2358=AM 852 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 29.5, w. 25, th. 11.5 |
| 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
| Jamme 1962 a: 195-196, pl. 28 | 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: 6, pl. III | 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, 91-93, 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] |