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CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 3 Ir 33 App. I
CIAS: i, 77
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 | 1.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmrm Yġnm w-ʾḫy-h[w ʿb]—
2 ydm w-Ys¹rm bnw Ḏrḥn[ m]—
3 qtt Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn hqnyw ʾ[l]—
4 mqh-Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-(ḏ)—
5 hbn ḏ-s²ft-hw l-wfy mrʾ-hmw
6 Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn w-l-wfy-hmw w-l-wf—
7 y ʾḫt-hmw w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh bʿl-ʾ—
8 wm ḫmr-hmw ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-(h)—
9 mw Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn w-l-ḫryn-hmw (ʾ)—
10 lmqh bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt s²nʾ—
11 m ḏ-bn-hw s²ʿrw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl s²ʿ(r)—
12 w l-yhʿs¹mn ʾlmqh mtʿn ʾdym-hw
13 ʿmrm w-ʾḫy-hw ʿbydm w-Ys¹rm b-
14 ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmrm Yġnm and his brothers 2 ʿBydm and Ys¹rm, of the family Ḏrḥn, 3 mqtt of Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn, dedicated to ʾlmqh 4 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze 5 which they promised Him for the safety of their lord 6 Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn and for their safety and for the safety 7 of their sisters; and may ʾlmqh, Lord of 8 ʾwm, continue to grant to them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 9 Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn, and may ʾlmqh deliver them 10 from harm, malice and calumny of any enemy, 11 the one they are aware of and the one they are not aware of; 12 may ʾlmqh repeatedly save His servants 13 ʿmrm and his brothers ʿbydm and Yrs¹m, by 14 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 7 | Beeston in CIAS translates ʾḫt as "fellow-clansmen", commenting "hitherto unattested scriptio defectiva for ʾḪWT", but Jamme prefers to retain "sister". So also Stein 2003 a: 51, fn. 19. |
| For a discussion of ʾdym, see Stein 2003 a: 66, fn. 163. |
| CIAS: i, 76 | 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: 260 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250301. [Privately printed] |
| Stein 2003 a: 51 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 438 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29, w. 21, th. 8 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 75-77 (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: 260 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250301. [Privately printed] |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 207-208 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |