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CIAS 39.11/o 3 n° 6
By kind permission of GOAM
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 | 1.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S²fnʾb w-bt-hw Ddt [... ...]—
2 ḥm ʾfys²tn ʾmh ḏ-Gr[t .. ]hq—
3 [ny]ty ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣl(m)—
4 (t)m ḏt ḏhbm l-qbly ḏ-ʾtwt S²fnʾb
5 l-hḥḍrn ʾlmq(h) w-ʾwlt bt-hw Ddt (b)-
6 ṯdy-hw ḏ-ts¹ʿm wrḫm w-s²ftt [ʾlmq]—
7 h S²fnʾb k-mʿn-mw ḥyt l-hw bt-(h)[w Dd]—
8 t thgb(ʾ)[n]-hw l-hḥḍrn b-[ʿm]-hw w-gbʾ—
9 t S²fnʾb l-hḥḍrn b-ḏ-Hb(s¹) w-ʾl ʿlwt
10 b-ʿm-hw bt-hw Ddt w-hbrrt Ddt l-s²w—
11 ʿn S²fnʾb w-ʿdwt mḥrmn ḏ-ʾwm ḏ-ḫ—
12 lf Ṣnʿw b-mlbs¹m mgybm w-nqm-h[w]
13 ʾlmqh w-s²m-hw b-twḍʿm ṯny ḫrf[n]
14 w-rʾ k-wqh-hmw ʾl[mqh] b-ʾmr-hw k-[y]—
15 hqnynn ṣlmtm w-l-yḫmrn-hw ʾl[m]—
16 qh hʿnn Ddt bn h(w)t mrḍn l-mẓʾ-h[w]
17 [... ...]w w-tḍrʿn (l)-(hwt)[... ...]
| 13 | b-tḍrʿm (CIAS). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²fnʾb and her daughter Ddt [...] 2 ḥm of the tribe Fys²n, handmaids of the family Grt[..], dedicated 3 to Almaqah Ṯhwn Master of Awām, a female statue 4 in bronze, because S²fnʾb had come 5 to make a pilgrimage to Almaqah when her daughter Ddt had been ailing 6 in her breast for nine months, and S²fnʾb promised 7 Almaqah that, as soon as her daughter Ddt should have recovered satisfactorily, 8 she would bring her back to make the pilgrimage along with herself, so 9 S²fnʾb did return to make the pilgrimage in (the month of) ḏ-Hbs¹, 10 but her daughter Ddt did not go up with her: Ddt set out to accompany 11 S²fnʾb, but turned aside to the sanctuary of Awām which is in 12 the vicinity of Ṣanʿāʾ in a garment (? covering the breast?); so she was punished 13 by Almaqah and He imposed on her a penance for two years. 14 Now Almaqah has commanded them in His oracle that 15 they should dedicate a statue; and may Almaqah vouchsafe them 16 to deliver Ddt from this ailment, for her to (?go?) 17 ... ... do penance ... |
| CIAS: 42 | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2494 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 17, th. 9 |
| 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
| CIAS: ii, 41-44 | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |