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Ja 583 + Ja 807 MaMB 167 + MaMB 122
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 6
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 | 1.3 (max.); 1.2 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Jamme doesn't recognize in Ja 807 the missing part of Ja 583 and publishes the two texts separately. |
TEXT
1 (ʾlkrb)( b)[n ... ... m](q)tw(y )(ʾ)—
2 ls²rḥ Yḥ(ḍb)( )w-ʾ(ḫy)-hw (Y)—
3 ʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ (w)-ḏ-R(y)[d]—
4 n bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ (h)—
5 qny ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn (ḏ)-
6 ḏhbn ḥg-n wqh-hw b-ms¹ʾ(l)-[h]—
7 w b-kn ḥlẓ rgly-hw w-(l)-[wzʾ]
8 ʾlmqh hʿn-hw bn mr(ḍ ) [... ...hw]±(t y)mrḍn
9 rgly-hw w-l-ḫryn-hw ±bn nḍʿ
10 w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l-s¹(ʿ)±(d)-hw ʾlm—
11 (q)h- bʿl-ʾwm ḥẓy w-r[ḍw]±( m)rʾy-[h]—
12 w ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾ[ḫy-hw Yʾ]—
13 zl Byn mlky S¹bʾ( )[w-ḏ-Rydn]
14 bny Frʿm Ynhb ml[k S¹]—
15 bʾ b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾ[wm]
| 7 | Jamme integrates: [mrḍy]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlkrb son of [... ...] mqtwy of 2 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 3 Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 4 sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, 5 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in 6 bronze, as He had ordered him in His oracle, 7 because he suffered from sickness in his legs; and might 8 ʾlmqh continue to help him against that sickness 9 in his legs; and might He preserve him from the maleficence 10 and the malice of the enemy; and might ʾlmqh, 11 Lord of ʾwm, grant him the goodwill and the satisfaction of his two lords 12 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 13 Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 14 sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; 15 by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. max. 25.3 (right), h. min. 7.5 (left), w. max. 14.4 (top), w. min. 10.4 (bottom), th. max. 13 (top), th. min. 10.4 (bottom) |
| 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: 89, 239, pls 6, 46 | 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. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1966: 477, pl. I | Ryckmans, Jacques 1966. Himyaritica 2. Le Muséon, 79: 475-500. |