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Ja 716 MaMB 174
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 30
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Nwf(m)( )[ʾ](ḏ)rḥ w-bny-hw Yrm (Yrḥb) w-Ns²ʾkrb ʾ—
2 rs³l bnw ḏ-Hmdn w-ḏ-Ġymn ʾbʿl bytnn Hrn w-
3 Ḏrḥn ʾqwl s²ʿbnn Ḥs²dm w-Ġymn hqnyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhw—
4 n- bʿl-ʾwm ṯny ṣlmn ḏ-ṣrfm ḥmdm b-ḏt ṣdq w-hwf—
5 yn ʿbd-hw Nwfm b-ṣry w-tbs²r s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-hw l-wfy gryb—
6 t ʿbdy-hw Yrm w-Ns²ʾkrb bny ḏ-Hmdn w-ḏ-Ġymn b-kn hr—
7 bb-hmy s²ʿb S¹fln w-s²ft-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn k-yʿthdn b—
8 rwy-hw Yrm w-Ns²ʾkrb b-wfym ʿdy byt-hmw byt bny H—
9 mdn w-hṯbw l-ḫyl w-mqm ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm tʾmnm b-
10 (ḏ)t ṣdq w-hwfyn-hmw b-hwt mlʾn w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh s²r—
11 [ḥ] w-s²wf w-rtṯdn grybt ʿbdy-hw Yrm w-Ns²(ʾkrb)( bny)[ ḏ-H]—
12 [mdn w]-(ḏ)-(Ġ)ymn bn b[ʾ](s¹tm) [w-](nky)[tm ... ...h]w (ʾlm)[qh ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nwfm ʾḏrḥ and his sons Yrm Yrḥb and Ns²ʾkrb 2 ʾrs³l, of the family Hmdn and Ġymn, lords of the house Hrn and 3 Ḏrḥn, ʾqwl of the tribe Ḥs²dm and Ġymn, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 4 Lord of ʾwm, two statues in silver, in praise because He fulfilled and gratified 5 His servant Nwfm in the oracular decision and the good news which he sought Him from, for the safety of the persons 6 of His two servants Yrm and Ns²ʾkrb, of the family Hmdn and Ġymn, when the tribe S¹fln 7 seized them two, and ʾlmqh Ṯhwn promised them that He should have taken under protection 8 his two children Yrm and Ns²ʾkrb in safety in their house, the house of the family 9 Hmdn; they testified to the might and the power of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, gratitude 10 because He fulfilled and gratified them with that favour. May ʾlmqh continue to protect 11 and to look after and to take under His protection the persons of His servants Yrm and Ns²ʾkrb, of 12 Hmdn and of Ġymn against the misfortune and the malice [... ...] ʾlmqh [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 32.6, w. 40.8, th. 9 |
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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 bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 200-201, pl. 30 | 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. |