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Ja 661 MaMB 242
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 18
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 | 2.2-2-8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʾs¹ʿd ... ... w-ʾs¹dm ... ... w-S¹ʿdm ... ... bnw ḏ-Ṯt ... ...]—
2 [.]( )ʿ(ṯlm)( )[.](t)[... ...]( )(Tklm)( )[mqt]—
3 wt S²mr Yhrʿs² mlk( )[S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt bn Ys¹rm Y]hnʿm mlk S¹bʾ( )[w-ḏ-Rydn hq](nyw)
4 mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-(b)[ʿl-ʾwm ... ... ḥm](d)m b-ḏt ḫmr w-hʿn w-(m)[tʿ](n )ʾdm-
5 hw ʾs¹ʿd w-ʾs¹dm w-S¹ʿ(dm) bn (mrḍ)[ w-ḍll]( mrḍw) w-(ḍll)[n]( )b-hgrn Ṯt w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhw—
6 n-bʿl-ʾwm ʾdm-hw ʾs¹ʿd w-ʾs¹dm w-S¹ʿd(m)( b)nw ḏ-Ṯt ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw S²mr Yhrʿs² mlk S¹bʾ w-
7 ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-Ymnt w-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-frʿ ʾmyrt dṯʾ w-ḫrf w-s¹ʿs¹ʿm w-mlym
8 w-ʾṯmr ṣdqm hnʾm bn kl ʾrḍt-hmw w-ʾs¹rr-hmw w-l-hʿn w-mtʿn ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ʾdm-
9 hw ʾs¹ʿd w-ʾs¹dm w-S¹ʿdm bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt s²nʾm ḏ-bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl dʿw b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
| 2 | ʿṯlm is a tribe name according to Jamme. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [ʾs¹ʿd ... ... and ʾs¹dm ... ... and S¹ʿdm ... ... of the family ḏ-Ṯt [... ...] 2 [... ...] ʿṯlm [... ...] Tklm mqtwt 3 of S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, son of Ys¹rm Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated 4 to his lord ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, [... ...] in praise because He granted and helped and protected His servants 5 ʾs¹ʿd and ʾs¹dm and S¹ʿdm from the illness and the sickness from which they suffered and were sick in the town of Ṯt; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 6 Lord of ʾwm, grant them, His servants ʾs¹ʿd and ʾs¹dm and S¹ʿdm, of the family ḏ-Ṯt, the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and 7 ḏu-Raydān and Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, and soundness of faculties and material resources and cereal crops of spring and autumn and in summer and winter 8 and good healthy crops from all their lands and their valleys; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, help and protect His servants 9 ʾs¹ʿd and ʾs¹dm and S¹ʿdm from the malice and the maleficence and the slander of any enemy, the one they are aware of and the one they are not aware of. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 28.5, w. 79.3, th. 31 |
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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: 166-167, pl. 18 | 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. |