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Ja 600 MaMB 231
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 | 1.9 (max); 1.8 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... hqny ʾlmq]—
2 [h-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾ](wm) ḏn
3 ṣlmn (ḏ)-(ḏhbn ḥ)mdm b-ḏt
4 ḫmr-hw s¹twfyn mḏht mrʾ—
5 y-hw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw
6 Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd—
7 n bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ b-k—
8 n tnḏh b-mwṯbn Yhgl w-l-wzʾ
9 (ʾ)lmqh-Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr-hw |
10 (ḥẓy w)-(rḍw mrʾy)-(hw) (ʾls²rḥ) (Yḥḍ)—
11 [b w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-]
12 [Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh 2 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this 3 statue in bronze in praise because 4 He has granted to him to protect the (?) of his two 5 lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 6 Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 7 sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ 8 when He (?) in the residence Yhgl, and that may continue 9 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, to grant to him 10 the goodwill and the satisfaction of his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb 11 and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and 12 ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ [... ...] |
| 4 | mḏht: derived noun of the root nḏh; Jamme translates "the herd of camels". |
| 8 | tnḏh: 5th form of the root nḏh; Jamme translates "was pasturing". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | th. 12.3 |
| 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: 101-102, 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. |