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Ja 572+Ja573A/B+Ja 593 MaMB 85+MaMB 133+134+MaMB 112
Ja 572, part=Ja 593
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 4
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 4
Ja 572, part=Ja 593
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 4
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 4
Ja 572, part=Ja 573 A
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 5
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 5
Ja 572, part=Ja 573 B
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 5
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 5
Ja 572=MaMB 85
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 5
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʾʿrq]m (Yqbl)( )[... ...]
2 [S¹ʾr](n) w-Mḥylm (m)[qtw](yy )[ʾ](l)s²r(ḥ)( )(Y)[ḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-]
3 [ḏ-Ry](d)n bn Frʿm Yn[hb] ml(k) S¹bʾ hqnyy (ʾlm)[qh-Ṯhwn]
4 [bʿl]-(ʾ)wm ṣlmn ḏ-ṣr(fn ḏ)-mdlt-hw ṯlṯ mʾnm rḍ(fm)[..]
5 [... ...](ḥmd)m( b)-(ḏt) hʿn w-mtʿn w-ḫlwn grb mrʾ-hmw ʾ—
6 [ls²rḥ Yḥḍ](b)( )mlk (S¹)bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn Frʿm Ynhb mlk
7 [S¹bʾ bn-](m)rḍ mrḍ b-(h)grn Mrb w-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm f-l-y—
8 [s²rḥ]n w-mtʿn w-rt(ṯdn) grb mrʾ-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb m—
9 [lk S¹](b)ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn Frʿ(m) Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-yhʿnn-
10 [hw ](b)n bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-bn ḥlẓm w-myqẓm w-n—
11 [ḍʿ] w-(s²ṣ)y s²nʾm w-ʾlmqh-bʿ(l)-ʾwm f-l-yḫmrn ʿbdy-h—
12 (w) ʾʿrqm (Yqb)l w-[... ...] (ḥ)ẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmy ʾl—
13 s²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk (S¹bʾ) w-ḏ-Rydn [b](n) Frʿm Ynhb mlk
14 S¹bʾ w-l-ys¹ʿdn-hmy nʿmt(m w)-wfym w-l-ḫryn-hmy b—
15 n bʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-bn nḍ(ʿ) w-s²ṣy s²nʾm ḏ-bn-hw d—
16 ʿw w-ḏ-ʾl dʿw b-ʾl(m)qh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
| 7-8 | Integration by Nebes 1995: 28 and n. 22. Jamme: l-y[ḫm](r)n. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾʿrqm Yqbl [... ...] 2 of the family S¹ʾrn and Mḥylm, the two mqtwyy of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and 3 ḏu-Raydān, son of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 4 Lord of ʾwm, this statue in silver, the weight of which is three hundred rḍfm [...] 5 [... ...] in praise because He has helped and saved and protected the person of their lord 6 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Frʿm Ynhb, king of 7 Sabaʾ, from the illness he fell in, in the city of Mrb; and as for ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, may He 8 grant and save and take under His protection the person of their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, 9 king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; and may He help 10 him against misfortune and mischief and against sickness and distress and the malice 11 and the maleficence of any enemy; and as for ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, may He grant to His two servants 12 ʿrqm Yqbl and [... ...] the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 13 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Frʿm Ynhb, king of 14 Sabaʾ; and may He grant them both prosperity and safety; and may He deliver them both from 15 evil and mischief and from the malice and the maleficence of any enemy, the one he is aware of 16 and the one he is not aware of. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 5 | For ḫlw see Eth. ḫalläwä "protect" (Müller). |
| 7-8 | Nebes 1995: 28 translates "und ʾlmqh, der Herr von ʾwm, möge die Person ihres Herrn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb beschützen, erretten und unter seine Obhut nehmen". |
| 11-13 | "und ʾlmqh, der Herr von ʾwm, gewähre seinen beiden Dienern...die Gunst und das Wohlwollen ihres Herrn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb" (Nebes 1995: 27). |
| Müller, Walter W. 1966: 106 | Müller, Walter W. 1966. Review of A. Jamme, Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥrâm Bilqîs (Mârib). Baltimore 1962. Archiv für Orientforschung, 21: 104-109. |
| Nebes 1995 a: 27-28 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 108, th. 9.8 |
| 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: 59-60, pls 4-5 | 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. |
| Nebes 1995 a: 27 and 28 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |