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Ja 614 MaMB 90
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 11
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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿ(km)( )(ʾrym) w-b(ny)-(h)w( ) (Ḥ)ywm [bnw]
2 ʾdfm mqtwyy Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Y—
3 hrḥb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²r—
4 ḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-
5 ḏ-Rydn hqnyy ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḏ—
6 n ṣlmnhn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt hwfy
7 ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ʿbdy-hw ʿkm ʾ—
8 rym w-bny-hw Ḥywm b-kl ʾmlʾ w-tb—
9 s²r s¹tmlʾ w-tbs²rn b-ʿm-hw w-l-wzʾ
10 ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm hwfyn ʿbdy-
11 hw ʿkm ʾrym w-bny-hw Ḥywm b-
12 kl ʾmlʾ w-tbs²r yzʾnn s¹tmlʾ—
13 n w-tbs²rn b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḫmr-hmy ʾl—
14 mqh- Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḥẓy w-rḍw mr—
15 ʾ-hmy Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk
16 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqy—
17 mtm w-l-ḫryn-hmy ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-b—
18 ʿl-ʾwm bn ṭwʿ w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-t—
19 ṯʿt s²nʾm ḏ-bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw
20 ʾl dʿw b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿkm ʾrym and his son Ḥywm, of the family 2 ʾdfm, mqtwyy of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn 3 Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ 4 Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and 5 ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this 6 statue in bronze, in praise because ʾlmqh 7 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, gratified His two servants ʿkm 8 ʾrym and his son Ḥywm with all the favours and 9 the good news they sought and asked Him for, and may continue 10 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, to gratify His servants 11 ʿkm ʾrym and his son Ḥywm with 12 all the favours and the good news they will continue to seek for 13 and to ask Him for, and may grant to both of them 14 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the goodwill and the satisfaction of their 15 lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of 16 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and prosperity of faculties and material 17 resources, and may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord 18 of ʾwm, deliver them both from the subjection and the maleficence and the malice and the 19 calumny of the enemy, the one he is aware of and the one 20 he is not aware of. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 61, w. 30.6, th. 15.4 |
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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: 111, pl. 11 | 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. |