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Ja 632 MaMB 301
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 | 2.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ḥmʿṯt ʾrs³l bn Rʾbm w-Mhqbm bn Wzʿn mqtwyy ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd b—
2 n S¹ʾrn w-Mḥylm hqnyy ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ʾrbʿt ʾṣlmm
3 w-ṯwrm ḏ-ḏhbm bn ġnm-hmw bn S²bwt w-bn hgrn Qnʾ ḥmdm b-
4 ḏt tʾwl mrʾ-hmw ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd bn S¹ʾrn bn kl s¹bʾt s¹bʾ w-s²wʿn
5 mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-wfym w-ʾḥllm w-ġn—
6 mm ḏ-hrḍw lb mrʾ-hmw ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd bn S¹ʾrn w-ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫ—
7 mr-hmy ʾlmqhw mhrgm w-ġnmm ḏ-hrḍw-hmy w-ḥmdm b-ḏt hw—
8 fy-hw ʾlmqh b-ms¹ʾl-hw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmy ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmy ʾs¹dm
9 ʾs¹ʿd bn S¹ʾrn w-l-ḫryn-hmw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥmʿṯt ʾrs³l, of the family Rʾbm and Mhqbm, of the family Wzʾn, mqtwyy of ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd, of the family 2 S¹ʾrn and Mḥylm, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, four statues 3 and a bull in bronze from their booty from Shabwa and from the town of Qanaʾ, in praise because 4 their lord ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd, of the family S¹ʾrn, came back from all the military expeditions he undertook and in which he performed service with 5 their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, in safety and with spoils and booty, 6 which satisfied the heart of their lord ʾs¹dm ʾs¹ʿd, of the family S¹ʾrn, and in praise because 7 ʾlmqhw granted them killings and booty which satisfied them, and in praise because 8 ʾlmqhw fulfilled him in His oracle, and may He grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord ʾs¹dm 9 ʾs¹ʿd, of the family S¹ʾrn; may He deliver them from the malice and the maleficence of any enemy. By ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 48.3, w. 26, 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 134-135 | 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. |