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CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 2


CIAS: i, 73

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.2
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  [Mʿdk](r)b S¹bʾyn mqtw(y) [.]—
   2  [... ...] hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-[ʾ]—
   3  [wm ṣ](l)mn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft l-hw
   4  [l-wfy R](ṯ)dṯwn ʾḫṭr bn Tḏ(q)—
   5  [.. w-s²ʿ]b-hw w-ʾlmqhw f-l yḫmr—
   6  [n ʿbd-hw] Mʿdkrb wfy grb-hw
   7  [w-ḥẓy w-]rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ns²ʾkrb Yh—
   8  [ʾmn Yhr]ḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
   9  [bn ʾls²]rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn
  10  [mlky S¹](b)ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Y—
  11  [nhb ml](k) S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-hʿnn-hm—
  12  [w ʾlmqh ]bn bʾs¹(tm w)-(t)lftm w-
  13  [... ... ʾ]lmqh-Ṯ[hwn-bʿl]-ʾwm

Apparatus
1-2Beeston in CIAS restores Rṯdṯwn in the lacuna. Jamme prefers mlkn.
5-6Beeston in CIAS: f-l yḫmr [ʿbd-hw], corrected by Nebes 1995 a: 28 (41).
12Beeston in CIAS: tgftm. Correction by Jamme.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mʿdkrb, the Sabaean, mqtwy of
   2  [... ...], dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of
   3  ʾwm, the statue in bronze which he promised to Him
   4  for the safety of Rṯdṯwn ʾḫṭr, descendant of Tḏq[..]
   5  [... ...]his tribe, and may ʾlmqhw grant
   6  His servant Mʿdkrb the safety of his person
   7  and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb
   8  Yhʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān,
   9  son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn,
  10  kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm
  11  Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may ʾlmqh help them
  12  against evil and ruin and
  13  [... ...] ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 394
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 36, w. 16.5, th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
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CULTURAL NOTES

The title of Frʿm Ynhb is "king of Sabaʾ", here seems to have the long title: "king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān" .

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CIAS: i, 71-73 (photo)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]
Jamme 1985: 258-259Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250301. [Privately printed]
Nebes 1995 a: 28Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.