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Ja 599 MaMB 198


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 9

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1.3
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ...](hrn )w[.]
   2  [... ...](b)n Ngrn((Ngrn)) l-m—
   3  [rʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥ](ḍb)( )w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn m—
   4  [lky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd](n) (b)ny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ
   5  [w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmq](h)-Ṯhwn ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hmw ʾ—
   6  [ls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾ](ḫ)y-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-
   7  [ḏ-Rydn bny Fr](ʿm) Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ w-l-ḫmr-hm—
   8  [w ](ʾlmqh) ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm hnʾm bn ʾ—
   9  [rḍ](t)-(h)mw w-l-ḫryn-hmw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm bn n—
  10  ḍʿ w-s²ṣ(y s²nʾ)m b-ʾlmqh

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and
   2  [... ...] Ngrn to
   3  their two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two
   4  kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ,
   5  and might ʾlmqh Ṯhwn grant to them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their two lords
   6  ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and
   7  ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; and might ʾlmqh grant to them
   8  fine fruits and perfect crops
   9  from their lands, and might ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm, protect them from
  10  the harm and malice of enemy; by ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 19, w. 17.2, th. 15
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 101, pl. 9Jamme, 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.