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ZI 75
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...] ṯwrn ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ṣlm—
2 n ḏy ḏhbm w-ṯwrn mwglm b-ḏt tʿwl w—
3 fym bn s²ʾmt b-kn blt-hw ʾls²rḥ
4 Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-ʿbr ʾmlk ʾs²ʿ—
5 bn Ġs¹n w-l-ʾs¹d w-Nzrm w-Mḏḥgm w-rʾ-k ḥ—
6 md ḫyl w-mqm ʾlmqh b-ḏt hwfy blt mr—
7 ʾ-hw w-tʾwl b-wfym w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh ḫmr-hw
8 ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-
9 ḏ-Rydn
| 1 | The context in which to insert ṯwrn is not clear. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm, two 2 statues of bronze and the bull in alabaster, because he returned safe 3 from the North, when ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, the king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydan 4 despached him on mission towards the kings of the tribes 5 Ġs¹n, l-ʾs¹d, Nzrm and Mḏḥgm; and indeed he praised 6 the power and the might of ʾlmqh, because He saved the mission (requested by) his 7 lord and he returned in safety; may ʾlmqh continue to grant him 8 the favour and the goodwill of his lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, the king of Sabaʾ 9 and ḏu-Raydan. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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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 bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿInān 1976: 399 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |