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RES 4938 Ry 223
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾlwhb w-bny-hw Ḥywʿṯ—
2 tr bny ḏ-ʿqbn Frʿm hq—
3 nyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣl—
4 mn [ḏ-ḏh]bn ḏ-wqh ʾl<m>qhw-bʿ—
5 l-ʾwm ʾdm-hw b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-qb—
6 ly ḏ-s¹tmlʾn b-ʿm-hw l-ḫmr |
7 (ʿ)bd-hw ʾlwhb bn ʿqbn l-ḥ—
8 yw grb ʾṯt-hw ʾbḥlk bt
9 bny Nʿmbrl w-Ḥbt (k)-
10 ḫmr-hw b-ms¹ʾl-hw w-ʾlmq(h)-(Ṯ)—
11 hwn-bʿl-ʾwm l-yḫmrn-hmw ḥ(ẓ)—
12 y w-rḍw mrʾy-hmw Ys¹rm Yhnʿm
13 w-S²mr Yhrʿs² mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd—
14 n f-l yzʾn ḫmr w-hwfyn l-ʿbd-
15 hw ʾlwhb bn ʿqbn ʾwldm ʾ—
16 ḏkrm ʾly kwkbt ṣdqm hn—
17 ʾm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾ—
18 wm ḫmr-hmw ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣd—
19 qm bn kl ʾrḍt-hmw hnʾm b—
20 n ḏ-b-s¹rn Rmn w-l-hʿnn-hmw ʾ—
21 lmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ʾdm-hw ʾlwhb
22 (w)-bny-hw Ḥywʿṯtr w-ʾmt-hw
23 ʾbḥlk bny ḏ-ʿqbn bn bʾ—
24 s¹tm w-nkytm w-bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣ—
25 y s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlwhb and his son Ḥywʿṯtr, 2 of the family ḏ-ʿqbn Frʿm, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm the 4 statue of bronze, which ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm 5 bade His subjects in His oracle, because 6 he asks Him to grant 7 to His subject ʾlwhb of the family ʿqbn that the 8 person of his wife ʾbḥlk of the family 9 Nʿmbrl and Ḥbt lives, as 10 He granted him in His oracle; and may ʾlmqh Ṯ- 11 hwn, the Lord of ʾwm, grant them the goodwill 12 and the satisfaction of their two lords Ys¹rm Yhnʿm 13 and S²mr Yhrʿs², the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Ray- 14 dān; and may He continue to grant and bestow on His subject 15 ʾlwhb of the family ʿqbn male children, 16 who were of excellent and healthy fortune; 17 and may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm, 18 grant them excellent fruits and crops 19 from their healthy lands, 20 among those in the valley Rmn; and ʾlmqh, the Lord of ʾwm 21 save His subjects ʾlwhb 22 and his son Ḥywʿṯtr and his wife 23 ʾbḥlk, of the family ḏ-ʿqbn from 24 harm and mischief and from maleficence and the malice 25 of enemy. By ʾlmqh, the Lord of ʾwm. |
| 9 | RES translates ḥbt "car elle a péché", but it is a family name; see Ja 741, 3: Nʿmbrl w-Ḥbt. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125716=1921,0926.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 80, w. 25, th. 13 |
| 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
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 71-74, pl. IV | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |