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Ja 562 MaMB 279; ZI 50
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 | 4.2 (min.), 4.4 (max.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Second half of the 2nd century CE. |
TEXT
1 [S¹ḫ](mn) (Y)hṣbḥ bn Btʿ ʾbʿl byt—
2 n Wklm ʾqwl s²ʿbn S¹mʿy ṯlṯn ḏ-Ḥ—
3 mln hqnyw ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾwm ṣlmn ḥ—
4 mdm b-ḏt hws²ʿ-hmw b-s¹twfyn ʾtyt m—
5 rʾ-hmw ʾnmrm Yhʾmn mlk S¹bʾ bn W—
6 hbʾl Yḥz mlk S¹bʾ ʿdy bytn S¹lḥ—
7 n bn byt bny ḏ-Ġymn ḥg-n tqnʿ-hw ʾ—
8 dm-hw ʾs¹bʾn w-ʾqwln w-ḫms¹n w-l s¹ʿd
9 ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾwm ʿbd-hw S¹ḫmn bn Bt—
10 [ʿ] rḍw w-ḥẓy mrʾ-hmw ʾnmrm Yhʾmn ml—
11 [k] S¹bʾ bn Whbʾl Yḥz mlk S¹bʾ w-l-s¹—
12 [ʿd]-hmw ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾwm ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣ—
13 [dqm] bn kl ʾrḍ-hmw w-ʾs¹rr-hmw w-ms²ym—
14 [t-hmw] w-l-ḏt nʿmt w-tnʿmn l-S¹ḫmn w-bny [B]—
15 [tʿ w-... ...]lw Ḥmln w-l ḫryn-hmw ʾlmqhw
16 [w-mtʿn-hmw ](b)n bʾs¹tm w-nkym w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy
17 [s²nʾm ḏ-r]ḥq w-qrb b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlm—
18 [qhw w-b]-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b-s²ms¹
19 mlkn Tnf w-b-s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²—
20 ṣrm w-rṯdw hqnyt-hmw ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʾlmqh—
21 w bʿl ʾwm bn hnkrn-hw bn brṯ[.]-hw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Sḫmn Yhṣbh of the family Btʿ, owners of the house 2 Wklm, ʾqwl of the tribe S¹mʿy, the third of ḏu-Ḥmln, 3 dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the statue, in 4 praise because He aided them in giving protection for the return of 5 their lord ʾnmrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ, son of 6 Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ, to the house S¹lḥn 7 from the house of the clan Ġymm, as he accepted to an action him, his servants, 8 the Sabaeans, the ʾqwl and the main army. Might 9 ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, grant to His servant S¹ḫmn of the family Btʿ 10 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord ʾnmrm Yhʾmn, king 11 of Sabaʾ, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ; and might 12 ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, grant to them perfect crops and 13 harvests in all their land and their valleys and [their] fields; 14 and for what has been and will be favourable for S¹ḫmn and the descendants of the clan Btʿ 15 and [... ...] of Ḥmln; and that might ʾlmqh preserve them 16 and save them from misfortunes and mischief and maleficence and malice 17 of the enemy, who is distant and nearby; by ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh 18 and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by ḏt-Bʾdnm, and by the solar deity 19 of the king Tnf, and by their Patron, Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of S²ṣrm; 20 and they committed their dedication to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh, 21 Lord of ʾwm, against the damage of it from its place. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 147, w. 49, th. 35.8 |
| 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 bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 39-42 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Korotayev 1996: 99 | Korotayev, Andrey V. 1996. Pre-Islamic Yemen. Socio-political organization of the Sabaean cultural area in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| Robin 1996 a: 1104-1105 | Robin, Christian J. 1996. Sheba. II. Dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie du Sud. Pages Coll. 1047-1254 in Jacques Briend and Édouard Cothenet (eds). Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible. Fasc. 70. Paris: Letouzey & Ané. |