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Ja 566 MaPI 2


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 3

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Rbs²ms¹ ʾḏʾd rgly ml—
   2  kn w-ʾḫy-hw S¹ʿds²ms¹m
   3  [w-]bny-hmw Rṯdṯwn bnw Ṯn—
   4  (t) hqnyw ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm ṣ—
   5  [l](m)n w-ṣlmtn ḏ-ḏhbn l-(ḏ)—
   6  [t ] hwfy-hmw b-mlʾ s¹tmlʾ
   7  [b-ʿ]m-hw w-l-ḫmr-hmw bʿl ʾw—
   8  [m ] ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw [Fr]—
   9  [..] Yn(hb)( )w-bny-hw ʾls²rḥ
  10  [Y](ḥ)ḍb w-(Yʾ)[zl ](mlk )(S¹)bʾ w-l-(w)—
  11  [zʾ] ʾlmqh[ bʿl-ʾwm hw](f)yn-hmw
  12  [b-k](l) ʾmlʾ[ ys¹tmlʾnn ](b)-ʿm-hw b-(ʾ)—
  13  lmq(h)( b)ʿl-ʾwm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rbs²ms¹ ʾḏʾd, the orderly of the king,
   2  and his brother S¹ʿds²ms¹m,
   3  and their son Rṯdṯwn, descendants of Ṯnt,
   4  dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, this statue
   5  and this female statue in bronze, because
   6  He has granted to them the favour he besought
   7  Him for; and might the Lord of ʾwm grant to them
   8  the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord
   9  Frʿm Ynhb and his two sons ʾls²rḥ
  10  Yḥdb and Yʾzl, the king of Sabaʾ; and might
  11  ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant to them
  12  all the favours they will seek Him for; by
  13  ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Dimensionsh. 34.6, w. 16.6, th. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 48-49, 310, pl. 3Jamme, 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.