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Ir 23
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Iryānī transcribed the text in a paragraph arrangement that did not respect the original disposition of the lines. |
TEXT
1 ʿmrm Yzd w-bny-hw ʾbs²mr w-Rbʿt bnw ḏ- w- ʾqwl s²ʿbn w- w- mqtwy Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk w-ḏ- bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky w-ḏ- hqnyw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥg-n s²ft-hw ʿbd-hw ʿmrm ḏ- k-mʿn-mw yḫmrn ʾlmqh ʿbd-hw ʿmrm ḏ- ʾwldm ʾḏkrm hnʾm f-yhqnyn l-kl ġlmm ḏkrm ṣlmm ḏ-ḏhbm w-rʾ k-ḫmr ʾlmqh ʿbd-hw ʿmrm ḏ- bny-hw ʾbs²mr w-Rbʿt rʾ k-hwfy ʿmrm ḏ- l-mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqh hqnyt s²ft-hw l-bny-hw ʾbs²mr w-Rbʿt
2 w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr ʿbd-hw ʿmrm ḏ- ʾwldm ʾḏkrm hnʾm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk w-ḏ- bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky w-ḏ- w-l-ws¹f-hmw ʾlmqh bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-l-hʿnn w-ḫryn ʾlmqh ʾdm-hw ʿmrm w-bny-hw ʾbs²mr w-Rbʿt bny ḏ- bn bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-tṯʿt w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh bʿl-ʾwm
| 2 | Note the writing ws¹f instead of ws³f (presuming that Iryānī's copy was correct). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmrm Yzd and his sons ʾbs²mr and Rbʿt, of the families ḏ-Ḥbbm and S¹ʾryn, ʾqwl of the tribe Ṣrwḥ and Ḫwln Ḫḍlm and Hynn, mqtwy of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze as His servant ʿmrm of Ḥbb had promised Him that, as soon as ʾlmqh grants His servant ʿmrm of Ḥbb healthy male children, then he would dedicate for each male child a statue in bronze; indeed ʾlmqh has granted His servant ʿmrm of Ḥbb his two sons ʾbs²mr and Rbʿt, and indeed ʿmrm of Ḥbb has fulfilled for his Lord ʾlmqh the dedication that he had promised Him for his two sons ʾbs²mr and Rbʿt. 2 May ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant His servant ʿmrm of Ḥbb healthy male children and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may ʾlmqh increase for him the prosperity of faculty and material resources and may ʾlmqh protect and deliver His servant ʿmrm and his two sons ʾbs²mr and Rbʿt, of the family ḏ-Ḥbb, from evil and mischief and slander and malice of any enemy. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, al-Kuhālī collection |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| 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
| al-Iryānī 1973: 130-131 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1974 a: 511-512 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1974. Himyaritica 4. Le Muséon, 87: 493-521. |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 164-165 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |