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Ja 642 MaMB 260
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 | 1.8-2.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Ḥrb](m) Ynhb w-[... ...]
2 [.]ʿr bny Hllm [... ... bnw]
3 [ḏ]-(Ġ)ymn hqnyw ʾ[lmqhw bʿl ʾ—
4 w]m ṣlmn ḥmdm b-ḏt ḥ[... ... ]—
5 m bn mrḍ b-hw ʾtw Ḥrbm b-h—
6 [gr]n Mryb b-wrḫ ḏ-ʾlʾlt w-l-ḏ[t]
7 ys¹ʿdn-hmw ʾlmqhw rḍw mrʾ-[hm]—
8 w Krbʾl Byn mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-[Ry—
9 d](n) bn Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ w-l-ḏt yz—
10 [ʾ ʾ]lmqhw mtʿn ʾdm-hw bny
11 [Hll]m bn bʾs¹tm w-nkym w-l-[w—
12 zʾ ]hws²ʿn-hmw ʾlmqhw b-qn[y]
13 [ʾw]ldm ʾḏkrm hnʾn ḥg-n[ w—
14 qh-h]mw ʾlmqhw b-ms¹ʾl-hw[ w-]
15 [l-s¹ʿ]d-hmw ʾlmqhw rḍw ʾm[r—
16 ʾ-hmw bn](y ḏ)-(Ġ)[ymn ... ...]
| 4-5 | Jamme: ḥ[my Ḥrb]m. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥrbm Ynhb and [... ...] 2 [.]ʿr, of the family Hllm [... ... of the family] 3 [ḏ-]Ġymn, dedicated to ʾlmqhw, Lord of 4 ʾwm the statue, in praise because He [... ...] 5 from the sickness Ḥrbm had in returning into the 6 town of Mryb, in the month of ḏ-ʾlʾlt; and so that 7 ʾlmqhw grants them the satisfaction of their lord 8 Krbʾl Byn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 9 son of Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ, and so that 10 ʾlmqhw continues to save His servants, of the family 11 Hllm, from evil and mischief; may 12 ʾlmqhw continue to grant them favours in getting 13 male healthy children, as 14 ʾlmqhw ordered them in His oracle, and 15 may ʾlmqhw grant them the satisfaction of their lords 16 of the family ḏ-Ġymn [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | Re-used in the western pavement |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 141-142 | 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. |