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al-Jawf 04.14
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 6/15
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 | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription can be dated to the second half of the 2nd century AD, under the reign of ʾnmrm Yhʾmn son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ. |
TEXT
1 Whbʾwm Yzʾn w-Whb(ʾl)
2 bny Dws¹m hqnyw ʾlmqh
3 bʿl S²bʿn ṣlmn ḥmdm b-ḏ—
4 t hwfy ʾlmqhw ʿbd-hw Wh—
5 bʾwm b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tml—
6 ʾ b-ʿm-hw w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh
7 hwfyn ʿbd-hw Whbʾwm b-
8 kl ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾn w-tḍʿn
9 b-ʿm-hw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-
10 ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw ʾnmrm Y—
11 hʾmn mlk S¹bʾ bn Whbʾ—
12 l Yḥz mlk S¹bʾ w-l-wzʾ ʾ—
13 lmqh hʿnn w-mtʿn ʿbd-hw
14 Whbʾwm bn bʾs¹tm w-s²(ṣy)
15 s²nʾm b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmq—
16 h w-b-ḏt Ns²qm w-b s²ms¹ mlk—
17 n Tnf
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Whbʾwm Yzʾn and Whbʾl 2 sons of Dws¹m dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Master of S²bʿn the statue in praise 4 because ʾlmqh granted His servant Wh- 5 bʾwm all the favours he sought 6 from Him; and may ʾlmqh continue 7 to grant to His servant Whbʾwm 8 all the favours he will seek and implore 9 from Him; and may He grant to them favours and 10 goodwill and satisfaction to their lord ʾnmrm Y- 11 hʾmn king of Sabaʾ son of Whbʾ- 12 l Yḥz king of Sabaʾ and may ʾ- 13 lmqh continue to protect and save his servant 14 Whbʾwm from any evil and the malice 15 of the enemy; by ʿṯtr and Hbs¹ and ʾlmq- 16 h and by ḏt Ns²qm and by the solar deity of the king 17 Tnf. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 95, w. 50, th. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²qm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 26-28, pl. 6/15 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic] |