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Ja 712 MaMB 169
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 29
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Wf]dm w-ʿqrbn w-ʾmgd w-ʾbkrb w-
2 (b)ny-hmw ʾs²ms¹ w-ʾbs²mr w-Mrṯdʾ—
3 wm w-Yfrʿ ʾtnʿn bnw Brqm ʾdm
4 ḏ-Kbs¹yn hqnyw ʾlmqhw ṣlmm
5 ḏ-ḏhbm ḥmdm b-ḏt hʿn w-mtʿn
6 ʾlmqhw ʿbd-hw Wfdm bn ʾʾ—
7 rḫ w-ḫrgt ḫrg-hw ḏ-bn s²ʿb-hw
8 Tnʿmm b-ʿbr mrʾ-hmw mlkn
9 w-rʾ k-hʿn w-mtʿn ʾlmqhw
10 ʿbd-hw Wfdm bn hnt ʾʾrḫ—
11 n w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh mtʿn ʿbd-
12 hw Wfdm bn< n>ḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾ—
13 m w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqm—
14 tm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ḥẓy mrʾ-hmw Ḏ[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wfdm, ʿqrbn, ʾmgd, ʾbkrb and 2 their sons ʾs²ms¹, ʾbs²mr, Mrṯdʾwm 3 and Yfrʿ ʾtnʿn, descendants of Brqm, servants of 4 the family Kbs¹yn, dedicated to ʾlmqhw a statue 5 in bronze, in praise because ʾlmqhw helped 6 and saved His servant Wfdm from the 7 judicial cases and the lawsuit that one from his tribe 8 Tnʿmm brought against him in the presence of their lord, the king. 9 And in fact ʾlmqhw helped and protected 10 His servant Wfdm from those judicial cases 11 and may ʾlmqh continue to save His servant 12 Wfdm from the maleficence and the malice of the enemy, 13 and may He grant them prosperities of faculties and 14 power, and may He grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ḏ[... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 31.7, w. 23.3, th. max. 7 (right), th. min. 4.7 (left) |
| 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: 198-199, pl. 29 | 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. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1966: 497 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1966. Himyaritica 2. Le Muséon, 79: 475-500. |