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Ja 704 MaMB 151
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 27
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 | 3.1 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S²rḥʾl ʾzbr w-Nmrm ʾzʾd bnw Ydm ʾ—
2 ḥs²dn ʾdm bn Hmdn hqnyw ʾlmqhw
3 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ṣlmn ḥg-n ḏt s¹twkl-hw
4 l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾwldm ʾḏkrwm hnʾn w-l-s¹ʿd-hm—
5 w ʾlmqh nʿmtm w-wfym w-frʿ dṯʾ w-ḫrf
6 w-ʾṯmr ṣdqm ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²ymt-hmw w-
7 l ḫryn-hmw ʾlmqh bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾ—
8 m w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh rḍw w-ḥẓy ʾmrʾ-
9 hmw bny Hmdn w-s²ʿb-hmw Hs²dm b-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²rḥʾl ʾzbr and Nmrm ʾzʾd, of the family Ydm, 2 those of the tribe Ḥs²d, servants of the the family Hmdn, dedicated to ʾlmqhw 3 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue according to what he sought Him for, 4 in order that He should grant them male children in health, and may ʾlmqh grant them 5 prosperity and safety, and crops of the spring and autumn season 6 and perfect fruits crops in their lands and their fields, and 7 may ʾlmqh deliver them from the misfortune and the mischief of the enemy, 8 and may ʾlmqh grant them the satisfaction and the goodwill of their 9 lords, the family of Hmdn and their tribe Hs²dm. By ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 33, w. 42.2, th. 12 |
| 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 bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 194, pl. 27 | 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. |
| Korotayev 1994: 158 | Korotayev, Andrey V. 1994. The social sense of Middle Sabaean epithet names. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 24: 157-164. |