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RES 4139 CIH 411+VA 5311
Calvet and Robin 1997: 146-147, cat. 71
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Middle of the 3rd century CE. Fragments 1-3=VA 5311; fragments 4-11=AO 4730=CIH 411. |
TEXT
1 [... ... mqtwyy ʾls²rḥ Yḥ]—
2 (ḍ)b w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹[bʾ w-ḏ-Ry](d)n hqny(w) ʾl—
3 [m]qh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḏn ṣ[lmn ḏ-ṣ](r)f(n ḥm)[d](m b)-(ḏ)[t]
4 mtʿ grb ʿbd-hw S¹ʿd[ʾwm ʾs¹ʿd] bn S¹ʾ[rn w-M]—
5 (ḥ)ylm w-Nʿmt[ w]-Mwḍʿ[m ... ...]—
6 b w-(b)-(hgr)n Ṣ[nʿw ... ... w-ʾlmqh f-l yz]—
7 ʾn s²rḥ [w-s²wf w-mtʿn ]ʿ(bdy)-(h)[w S¹ʿdʾwm ʾs¹ʿ]—
8 d w-ʾḫy-h(w) ʾ(ḥ)[md] ʾzʾd bny S¹(ʾ)[rn w-Mḥylm w]-
9 Nʿmt w-Mwḍʿm bn kl ḥlẓm w-mrḍ[m w-bʾ](s¹)tm
10 w-nkytm w-bn [n]ḍʿ w-s²ṣyt w-s²mt w-tṯʿt s²nʾm
11 ḏ-bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl dʿw b-ʾlmqh-Ṯh[w](n)-(b)—
12 ʿl-ʾwm w-r[ṯdw] hqnyt-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
| 7-9 | the restoration is based on Nāmī NʿĞ 11/18-20 and Ir 26 and 27 (Robin). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] both assistants of ʾls²rḥ Yḥ- 2 ḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾl- 3 mqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm, this statue in silver, in praise because 4 He saved the person of His servant S¹ʿdʾwm ʾs¹ʿd ibn S¹ʾrn, Mḥ- 5 ylm, Nʿmt and Mwḍʿm [... ...] 6 and in the city of Ṣanʿāʾ [... ...]. And as for ʾlmqh, may He continue 7 to preserve, protect and save both His servants S¹ʿdʾwm ʾs¹ʿd 8 and His brother ʾḥmd ʾzʾd banū S¹ʾrn, Mḥylm, 9 Nʿmt and Mwḍʿm from all the sickness and disease, and the harm and 10 mischief, and from the maleficence, malice, hostility and slander of the enemy, 11 the one they are aware of and the one they are not aware of; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master 12 of ʾwm. They entrusted their dedication to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 4730 |
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 5311 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 42, w. 29, th. 10.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 146-148, cat. 71 | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |