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Ja 597 MaMB 193
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 9
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.); 1.1 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...s¹bʾ](t )s¹bʾw w-gnb ʾ(bfnd)( )[b-ʿm]
2 [mrʾy-h]w ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw [Yʾ]—
3 [zl] (By)n mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿ(m)
4 [Y](n)hb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmqh (ḥ)—
5 ẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb
6 w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ (w)-
7 (ḏ)-Rydn w-l-hʿnn-hw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²n—
8 ʾm b-ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] the expeditions they undertook and in which ʾbfnd was beside 2 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl 3 Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 4 Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, and might ʾlmqh grant to him the goodwill 5 and the satisfaction of his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb 6 and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and 7 ḏu-Raydān, and might He preserve him from the maleficence and malice of the enemy; 8 by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 21.8, w. 19.4, th. 13.2 |
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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 |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 100, pl. 9 | 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. |