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Ja 693 MaMB 111
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 25
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 [Rbʿ]t (Ḏkrn)[ w-bn-hw ][Rbʾ]—
2 [wm b]nw ʿmm( )(ʾs¹bʾyn)( | )
3 [bnw Ḥzfrm] ḏ-Rfdn hqnyy
4 [ʾlmqh]-(Ṯh)[w](n)( b)[ʿ]l-ʾw(m)( )ṣlmn—
5 hn ʾḥd ṣrfm w-ʾḥd ḏhb(m)
6 l-qbly ḏ-s²ft-hw k-mʿn-mw yḥ—
7 [y]wn l-hw bn-hw Rbʾwm w-rʾ
8 (ḫ)mr ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ʿb—
9 (d)-hw Rbʿt bn ʿmm ḥyw bn-hw R—
10 (b)ʾwm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn bʿ—
11 (l)- ʾwm ḫmr ʿbd-hw Rbʿt hwfyn-
12 hw b-kl ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾn b-ʿm-h—
13 w w-l-ḫryn-hmw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²n—
14 ʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
| 3 | See Ja 740/2 as for the integration. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [Rbʿ]t Ḏkrn [and his son Rbʾwm] 2 descendants of ʿmm, the Sabaeans 3 [of the family Ḥzfrm] of Rfdn, dedicated 4 [to ʾlmqh] Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, two statues, 5 one in silver and one in bronze, 6 because he had promised Him, as soon as should 7 live for him his son Rbʾwm, and then 8 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm granted his servant 9 Rbʿt, descendant of ʿmm, the surviving of his son 10 Rbʾwm; and may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 11 Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant His servant Rbʿt his gratification 12 with all the favours he sought Him for, 13 and may deliver them from the misfortune and the mischief of the enemy. 14 By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 46.3, w. 23.5, th. 10.2 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 187, pl. 25 | 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. |