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Ja 636 MaMB 245
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 | 1.7-2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...](t).mʿ[... ... ](hg)rn S²bwt[ b-]
2 kn s²wʿw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾw—
3 tr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿ—
4 lhn Nhfn mlk S¹bʾ w-b-kn
5 ḍbʾ Ḥḍrmt ḥmdm b-ḏt t—
6 ʾwl mrʾ-hmw bn hnt ḍbʾ—
7 tn b-wfym ʿdy hgrn Mryb
8 w-ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlm—
9 qh ʾḥllm w-s¹bym w-ġnmm |
10 ḏ-hrḍw-hmw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ḥ—
11 ẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾ—
12 wtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn
13 ʿlhn Nhfn mlk S¹bʾ w-ḥ—
14 mdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw wldm ḏ—
15 krm w-l wzʾ ḫmr-hmw ʾwld—
16 m ʾḏkrm hnʾm w-l ḫryn-h—
17 mw ʾlmqh bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²—
18 nʾm w-bn kl tlftm b-ʾl—
19 mqhw-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] the town of S²bwt, when 2 they performed service for their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, 3 king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 4 ʿlhn Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ and when he 5 fought against the Ḥaḍramawt, in praise because 6 their lord came back from those military operations 7 in safety to the city of Mryb 8 and in praise because ʾlmqh granted them 9 spoils and prisoners and booty 10 which satisfied them, and may He grant them the goodwill 11 and the satisfaction of their lord S²ʿrm 12 ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 13 ʿlhn Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ, and in praise 14 because He granted them a male son, 15 and may He continue to grant to them 16 male healthy children, and may ʾlmqh deliver them 17 from the malice and the maleficence of any enemy 18 and from every ruin, by ʾlmqhw 19 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 48.4, w. 22.2, th. 14.3 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 138-139 | 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. |