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Ja 739 MaMB 248
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 | 1.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿd[s²ms¹m ... ... mq]—
2 twy [Nmrn ʾwkn] w-ʾḫy-hw
3 G[ḥ]ḍ[m ʾḥ]—
4 ṣn bny Kbr-Ḫll w-Kbr-ʾqynm w-ḏ-
5 [S¹ḫ]ymm hqny ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏ—
6 [h]bn ḏ-b-hw ḥmd ḫyl w-mqm ʾlmqh-b—
7 ʿl-ʾwm b-ḏt hwfy ʿbd-hw S¹ʿds²m—
8 s¹m b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾ w-tbs²rn b-ʿ—
9 m-hw w-rʾ k-hwfy ʿbd-hw S¹ʿds²ms¹m
10 bn kl s¹bʾt s¹bʾ w-ġzw b-ʿm ʾʿrbn
11 <b->ʾrḍ Mḍḥy*m* w-Rdmn w-Qtbn w-b-ḏt ḫmr-
12 hw mhrgm w-ġnmm ḏ-hrḍw lb-hw w-l
13 wzʾ ʾlmqh s¹ʿd [ʿbd-hw S¹ʿds²]ms¹—
14 m ḥẓy w-rḍw mr(ʾ)[y-hmw Nmrn ʾwk]—
15 n w-ʾḫy-hw Gḥḍm [ʾḥṣn w]-rḍw s²ʿb-
16 hmw Bklm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh hwfyn ʿ—
17 bd-hw S¹ʿds²ms¹m b-kl ʾmlʾ ys¹tm—
18 lʾn w-tbs²rn b-ʿm-hw w-l-hʿnn-hw bn b—
19 ʾs¹tm w-nkytm w-tlf[tm w-nḍʿ] w-s²ṣ—
20 y s²nʾm w-mhbʾs¹m [ḏ-bn-hw dʿw w-ḏ-ʾl d]—
21 ʿw b-ʾlmq[h-bʿl-ʾwm]
| 11 | The editor reads: Mḍḥyn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿds²ms¹m [... ...] 2 mqtwy of Nmrn ʾwkn and his brother 3 Ġḥḍm ʾḥṣn, 4 of the family Kbr Ḫll and Kbr ʾqynm and of 5 S¹ḫymm, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in 6 bronze with which he praised the might and the power of ʾlmqh, 7 Lord of ʾwm, because He favoured His servant 8 S¹ʿds²ms¹m with all the favours he sought and asked 9 from Him, and then He protected His servant S¹ʿds²ms¹m 10 from all the military expeditions he undertook and (the raids) he made with the bedouins 11 in the land of Mḍḥyn, Rdmn and Qatabān, and because He granted 12 to him killing and booty, which satisfied his heart, and may 13 ʾlmqh continue to grant His servant S¹ʿds²ms¹m 14 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their two lords Nmrn ʾwkn 15 and his brother Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn and the satisfaction of their 16 tribe Bklm, and may ʾlmqh continue to favour 17 His servant S¹ʿds²ms¹m with all the favours he will seek 18 and ask from Him, and may He help him against the 19 misfortune and the mischief and the ruin and the maleficence and the malice 20 of the enemy and of the one who causes damage, the one they are aware of and the one they are not 21 aware of. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | th. 15.5 |
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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 |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 215-216 | 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. |