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Ja 592 MaMB 95
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 | 1.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ... bnw Ḥḏʾbm hqnyw ʾlmqh]
2 (Ṯh)[w](n)-bʿl-ʾw(m) ṣlmnhn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-(h)[w]
3 ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw mrʾy-hmw ʾls²r—
4 ḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-
5 ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ byt b[ny]
6 Ḥḏʾbm w-b-ḏt hwfy-hmw b-kl ʾmlʾ
7 <y>s¹tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh (ḫ)mr-hm—
8 w ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hmw w-l-ḫryn-hmw ʾ—
9 lmqh bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-rṯdw h<q>—
10 nyt-hmw b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
| 5-6 | Perhaps a line is missing in the Jamme's transcription. |
| 7 | Jamme reads s¹tmlʾnn instead of ys¹tmlʾnn |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] of the family Ḥḏʾbm, dedicated to ʾlmqh 2 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze, which he had promised to Him 3 in praise because He has granted favours to their two lords ʾls²rḥ 4 Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and 5 ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, of the house of 6 Ḥḏʾbm, and because He has granted to them all the favours 7 they had sought Him for, and might ʾlmqh continue to grant 8 to them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their two lords, and might ʾlmq preserve them 9 from the maleficence and malice of the enemy, and they entrusted their 10 dedication; by ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 5-6 | "the house of Ḥḏʾbm" does not seem connected with the previous sentence. Perhaps a line is missing in the Jamme's transcription. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. max. 28 (right), h. min. 27.2 (left), w. 19.6, th. max. 12.8 (bottom), th. min. 11.5 (top) |
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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: 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. |