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Ja 733 MaMB 230
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 35
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdm ʾrym w-bny-hw Hʿn
2 w-Ṯwbn w-S²rḥʾwm bnw ḏ-Ḥy—
3 wm hqnyw mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqhw-Ṯhwn
4 Ṯwr-bʿl-ʾwm ʾrbʿtn ʾṣl—
5 mn ḏhbm ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr ʿbd-hw S¹ʿ—
6 dm ʾrym ḏ-Ḥywm ʾwldm ʾḏkrm hn—
7 ʾm w-l-wzʾ ḫmr-hmw mrʾ-hmw ʾlmq—
8 hw ḥṣy w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-hmw ʾmlkn |
9 w-l-mtʿn-hmw mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqw bn s²ṣ—
10 y s²nʾm w-l-ḫmrn-hmw mrʾ-hmw ʾlm—
11 qhw ʾṯmrm w-ʾfqlm w-l-ḫmrn-hmw
12 | mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqhw nʿmtm w-ʾʾr—
13 ḫ ṣdqm w-ḥyw grybt-hmw w-br—
14 y mqymtm b-ʾlmqhw-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdm ʾrym and his sons Hʿn, 2 Ṯwbn and S²rḥʾwm, descendants of the family Ḥywm, 3 dedicated to their lord ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn 4 Ṯwr, Lord of ʾwm, four statues 5 in bronze, in praise because He granted his servant S¹ʿdm 6 ʾrym of the family Ḥywm male children in health, 7 and may their lord ʾlmqhw continue to grant them 8 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords the kings; 9 may their lord ʾlmqhw save them from the malice 10 of the enemy, and may their lord ʾlmqhw grant them 11 fruit crops and harvests, and may 12 their lord ʾlmqhw grant them prosperity and good 13 undertakings, and the life of their persons and the health 14 of the material resources. By ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 76.5, w. 37.5, th. 10 |
| 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: 210-211, pl. 35 | 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. |