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Ja 565 MaMB 266; ZI 5
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 | 5.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rṯdṯwn ʾzʾd w-(H)[wfʿ]ṯt
2 Yhs²ʿ w-Whbʾwm w-S¹ʿdṯwn
3 bnw Gdnm hqnyw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn
4 bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḥmdm b-ḏt h[wf]—
5 y-hmw b-ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm-hw |
6 bn s¹bʾt s¹bʾw b-qht ʾmrʾ-hm—
7 w ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḏt yzʾn ʾlm—
8 qh hwfyn ʾdm-hw Rṯdṯwn w-Hwf—
9 ʿṯt w-Whbʾwm w-S¹ʿdṯwn b-ʾmlʾ
10 | s¹tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw
11 rḍw w-ḥẓy mrʾy-hmw Yrm ʾymn w-
12 ʾḫy-hw Krbʾl Wtr mlky S¹bʾ w-
13 l s¹ʿd-hmw n(ʿ)mtm w-mngt ṣdq—
14 m w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣd—
15 qm bn kl ʾs¹rr-hmw b-ʿṯtr w-Hb—
16 s¹ w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏ—
17 t Bʿdnm w-b-s²ms¹ mlkn Tnf
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯdṯwn ʾzʾd and Hwfʿṯt 2 Yhs²ʿ and Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdṯwn, 3 of the family Gdnm, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 4 Lord of ʾwm, the statue in praise because He granted 5 to them the favours they have besought Him for 6 during the expeditions they undertook by the authority of their lords, 7 the kings of Sabaʾ; and might ʾlmqh continue 8 to grant to His servant Rṯdṯwn and Hwfʿṯt 9 and Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdṯwn the favours 10 they have besought Him for; and might He grant to them 11 the satisfaction and the goodwill of their two lords Yrm ʾymn and 12 his brother Krbʾl Wtr, kings of Sabaʾ; and 13 might He grant to them prosperity and luck events; 14 and might He grant to them perfect fruits crops and harvests 15 from all their valleys; by ʿṯtr and Hbs¹ 16 and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym and by 17 ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| 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 |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 47-48, 285-287 | 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. |