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Ja 831
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 51
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Garbini 1973 c: 437, pl. 3/b published the photograph of a fragment that is presently in the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale in Rome. |
TEXT
1 ʾlʾws¹ bn Ns²ʾkrb ḏ-Mḏb ʿbd S¹mhrym bn Ydʿʾl hqny ʾlmqh bn-hw Ḥmʿ—
2 ṯt w-kl wld-hw ywm hwfy-hw ʾlmqh b-kl ʾḍbʾ w-mwṣtt hyʿ b-ʿm mrʾ-hw S¹m—
3 hrym b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt-Ḥmym w-b ḏt-Bʿdn w-b mrʾ-hw S¹mhrym bn Ydʿʾl
| The transcription is based on the Jamme's copy. In the inscription in the British Museum we can read the text in the following notes. | |
| 1 | ws¹ bn Nʾs²krb ḏ-Mḏb ʿbd S¹mhrym bn Ydʿʾ (British Museum inscription). |
| 2 | -hw ʾlmqh b-kl ʾḍbʾ w-mwṣtt hyʿ b-ʿm mrʾ-h (British Museum inscription). |
| 3 | tr w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt-Ḥmym w-b ḏt-Bʿdn w-b (British Museum inscription). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlʾws¹, son of Ns²ʾkrb, of Mḏb, subject of S¹mhrym, son of Ydʿʾl, dedicated to ʾlmqh his son Ḥmʿ- 2 ṯt and all his children, when ʾlmqh saved him in all the wars and the missions, which he carried out with his lord S¹m- 3 hrym. By ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by ḏt-Bʿdn and by his lord S¹mhrym, son of Ydʿʾl. |
| 2 | See Beeston 1981 b: 22 for the translation of hyʿ. |
| Beeston 1981 b | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Two epigraphic South Arabian roots: HYʿ and KRB. Pages 21-34 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 134834=1966,0416.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 25.5, w. 112, th. 6 |
| 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: 245, pl. 51 | 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. |
| Jändl 2009: 75-76 | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |
| Garbini 1973 c | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Note di epigrafia sabea. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/3: 431-438. |