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RES 4191+Ja 624 MaMB 26
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 13
Ryckmans, Jacques 1966: pl. I/b
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 - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The photograph of both fragments of the text is provided by Ryckmans 1966. |
TEXT
[... ...]—
1 nt (ʾqwl) ↯[... ... ]↯(Bs²)m( )m(q)t[wyy Ns²](ʾ)k—
2 [r]b Yʾmn Yhrḥb↯[ mlk S¹]↯(b)ʾ w-ḏ-Ry(d)n b(n)
3 ʾls²[r]ḥ Yḥḍb w-↯[Yʾzl ]↯(B)yn mlky (S¹bʾ)( w)-
4 ḏ-Rydn hqnyy ʾlm↯[qh]↯-(Ṯh)wn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn
5 ḏ-ṣrfn ḏ-mdlt (ʾ)↯[r]↯(b)ʿ mʾnm blṭm w-ṣl—
6 mn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-(ḏ)↯t hwfy-hm(y b)-(ʾ)[mlʾ]
7 s¹tmlʾy b-ʿm-hw w-↯(ḥ)mdm b-(ḏ)[t ... ...]
| 5 | The reading ʾ[... ...] (Jamme 1962 a: 335) instead of [s¹](b)ʿ (Jamme 1962 a: 124) is proposed by Jamme himself on the basis of his autoptic examination of the fragment bearing RES 4191. Höfner (1933: 10) had already read (ʾ)[... ...]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]— 2 nt, ʾqwl of [... ... ] Bs²m, mqtwyy of Ns²ʾkrb 3 Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 4 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and 5 ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in 6 silver, whose value is four hundred blṭ-coins, and the statue 7 in bronze, in praise because He fulfilled them in the favours 8 they requested from Him and in praise because [... ...] |
| 6 | Stein 2010 b: 304, n. 5: for mdlt according to its closest parallel in Ethiopic the meaning 'weight' is here preferred. |
| Stein 2010 b: 304, n. 5 | Stein, Peter 2010. The monetary terminology in Ancient South Arabia in light of new epigraphic evidence. Pages 303-343 in Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen (eds). Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms. Studies in Ancient Arabian Monetization. New York: American Numismatic Society / New York: Oxford: Oxbow. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 723 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | RES 4191: h. 18.5, w. 15.5; Ja 624: h. 19.3, w. 19.5 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1933: 9-10 | Höfner, Maria 1933. Die sabäischen Inschriften der südarabischen Expedition im Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien (I). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 40: 1-36. |
| Jamme 1962 a: 123-124, 335, pl. 13 | 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. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1966: 481-483, pl. I/b | Ryckmans, Jacques 1966. Himyaritica 2. Le Muséon, 79: 475-500. |