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Fa 123
Ahmed Fakhry, 1952
Fakhry 1952: 120, fig. 68
Fakhry 1952: 120, fig. 68
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 |
TEXT
1 mq[... ...]—
2 bd[... ...] mlṯ hm[...]nw[... ...]
3 rdd[... ...]s¹[... ...] ʾrm-(h)mw dr[... ...]
4 ʿs¹[... ...] rd rb[.]ʾʿl[... ...] w-ʾ[... ...]
5 ʿnm[... tb]qltm b-m(q)[m w-]ʾ(m)r
6 w-s¹ʿd ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm w-b-[m](q)m mr—
7 ʾ-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb( ml)k S¹(b)ʾ w-ḏ-
8 Rydn bn Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹[b]ʾ [w-]l
9 wzʾ ʾlmqh hwfyn kl tb(q)lt y—
10 tʾnn bqln wrd ʾlwhb w-ʾls¹ʿd
11 w-bny-hmw bnw Ḥmmt w-hrṯ(d)w tb—
12 [q]lt-hmw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm bn kl mh—
13 [... ...] b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
| 3 | G. Ryckmans (1952) suggests the variant ʾ(d)m-hmw. |
| 12-13 | Possible integration: bn kl mh[bʾs¹m]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] 3 [... ...] 4 [... ...] 5 [... ...] a cultivation. By the power, the order 6 and the beneficence of ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm; and by the power of their 7 lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and 8 ḏu-Raydān, son of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ. And may 9 ʾlmqh continue to grant all the cultivations 10 (?) ʾlwhb and ʾls¹ʿd 11 and their sons, of the family Ḥmmt. And they committed 12 their cultivations to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, against everyone who 13 [may damage (it)]. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 9-10 | G. Ryckmans translated: "toutes les cultures dont assure les pousses le point d'eau de ʾIlwahab". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Architectural element » Column |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 40 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | Reemployed in the government rest house at Mārib. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 118-120, fig. 68 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 73-75 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |