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Right part = MaMB 192
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8
Right part = MaMB 192
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8
Left part= MaMB 82
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 8
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 | 1.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rṯ(ds²ms¹)[m Yh](t)f bn Rḍw(n) ( ḏ)[ḫ](r)
2 blt ʾls²(r)[ḥ Y](ḥ)ḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾ—
3 zl Byn mlky (S¹)[b]ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny F—
4 rʿm Ynhb mlk( )[S¹](b)ʾ hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯh—
5 wn- bʿl-ʾwm ṣl(m)[m] ḏ-ḏhbm l-ḫmr-hw ʾ—
6 lmqh- Ṯhwn[-bʿl-ʾwm ](ḥ)ẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-(h)—
7 w ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb( w)-[ʾḫ]y-hw Yʾzl Byn m—
8 (l)ky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd[n bn]y Frʿm Ynhb m[l]—
9 [k ] S¹bʾ w-l-ḫmr-hw (ʾṯ)mrm hnʾm w-ʾbrw
10 [ṣ](d)qm ʿdy byt-h(m)[w ](b)yt Rḍwn w-l-ḫry—
11 [n]-(h)w bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy (s²)[n]ʾm ḏ-rḥq w-qrb b-
12 ʾlm(qh)-(b)ʿl-ʾwm
| 1-2 | the reading and the meaning are not sure. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯds²ms¹m Yhtf son of Rḍwn ḏḫr (?) 2 of the military mission (?) of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl 3 Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of 4 Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Thwn, 5 Lord of ʾwm, a statue in bronze in order that ʾlmqh Thwn, Lord of ʾwm, 6 grant to him the goodwill and the satisfaction of his two lords 7 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings 8 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king 9 of Sabaʾ, and might He grant to him healthy fruit crops and good 10 children in their house, the house of Rḍwn, and might He preserve 11 him from the maleficence and malice of the enemy, the one distant and the one nearby; by ʾlmqh, 12 Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 19, w. 17.8, th. 9 |
| 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: 97-98, pl. 8 | 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. |