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Ja 579 MaMB 281
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 | 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Dwmn bn Ṯly mqtwy ʾls²rḥ
2 Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn ml—
3 ky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb ml—
4 k S¹bʾ hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn
5 ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt tʾwl mrʾ-hmw ʾls²rḥ
6 Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-wfym bn s¹b—
7 ʾt w-ḍbyʾ s¹bʾ w-ḍbʾ b-ʿly ḏ-S¹hrtm w-ʾ—
8 rḍ Ḥmyrm w-Ngrn w-l ḫmr-hw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾ—
9 wm ḥẓy w-rḍ<w> mrʾy-hw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-
10 ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
11 bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-hʿnn-hmw ʾl—
12 mqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾ—
13 m b-ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Dwmn, of the family Ṯly, mqtwy of ʾls²rḥ 2 Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two 3 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king 4 of Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue 5 in bronze, in praise because He has brought back their lord ʾls²rḥ 6 Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, in safety from the expeditions 7 and the battles they carried out and fought against ḏ-S¹hrtm and the 8 land of Ḥmyrm and Ngrn; and might ʾlmqh, Lord of 9 ʾwm, grant to him the goodwill and the satisfaction of his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and 10 his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 11 sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; and might 12 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, help them against the maleficence and the malice of the enemy; 13 by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 36.7, w. min. 22.5 (top), w. max. 22.7 (bottom), th. 14.7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 86-87 | 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. |