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Ja 641+Ja 779 MaMB 206+MaMB 49
Ja 779
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 15
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 15
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 | 3-3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Qs²n ʾs²wʿ w-bn↯-[h]↯(w) ʾb—
2 krb bnw Ṣʿqn ↯[h]↯(q)ny(w)
3 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾw↯(m)( ṣl)—
4 mn bn ġnm-hmw ḏ-ġnmw( )↯(b)—
5 n Qrytm b-kn s¹bʾw l-s²w[ʿ]—
6 n mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr m—
7 lk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn ḥg-n s²—
8 ftw ʾlmqh l-wfy brw-hw
9 ʾbkrb w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh b—
10 ʿl-ʾwm s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-wf—
11 ym w-ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾy-hmw
12 S²ʿrm ʾwtr w-ʾḫy-hw Ḥyw—
13 ʿṯtr Yḍʿ mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
14 bny ʿlhn Nhfn mlk S¹bʾ
15 w-l-ḫryn-hmw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²—
16 nʾm ḏ-rḥq w-qrb b-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Qs²n ʾs²wʿ and his son ʾbkrb, 2 of the family Ṣʿqn, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue 4 from their booty which they took from 5 Qrytm, when they undertook the expedition to perform military service for 6 their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of 7 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, as they promised to 8 ʾlmqh for the safety of his child 9 ʾbkrb, and may ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, contitnue 10 to grant them prosperity and safety 11 and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords 12 S²ʿrm ʾwtr and his brother Ḥywʿṯtr 13 Yḍʿ, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 14 sons of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ, 15 and may He continue to deliver them from the malice and the maleficence of 16 any enemy, far or near. By ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | Ja 641: h. 85.9, w. 32.2, th. 26.1; Ja 779: h. 17.8, w. 5.4, th. 9.2 |
| 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: 140-141, pl. 15 (Ja 779) | 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. |