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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 | 1.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rbʾwm ʾṣdq bn [... ... w-bny-hw]
2 S¹ʿdʾwm w-Rbns¹rm ʾs¹[bʾyn bnw Ḥz]—
3 frm ḏ-Rfdn hqnyw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿ(l )[ʾwm ṣl]—
4 mnhn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hw ʾlm—
5 qh ʾwldm ʾḏkrm ḥg-n k-s¹tydʿ-hw w-ḥm—
6 dm b-ḏt hwfy ʿbd-hw Rbʾwm b-kl s¹bʾ—
7 t s¹bʾ w-s²wʿn s²ʿb-hmw S¹bʾ ʿdy ʾrḍ
8 Ḥmyrm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
9 hwfyn grb ʿbd-hw Rbʾwm w-b—
10 ny-hw S¹ʿdʾwm w-Rbns¹rm w-l
11 wzʾ ʾlmqh s¹ʿd-hmw wldm
12 w-ʿḏrm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-h—
13 mw bnw Ḥzfrm w-s²ʿb-hmw S¹—
14 bʾ b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbʾwm ʾṣdq, son of [... ...] and his sons 2 S¹ʿdʾwm and Rbns¹rm, the Sabaeans, of the family Ḥzfrm 3 ḏ-Rfdn, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, two statues 4 in bronze, in praise because ʾlmqh granted Him 5 male children as he sought from Him, and in praise 6 because He protected His servant Rbʾwm in all the military expeditions 7 he undertook and (in which) he performed service for their tribe Sabaʾ in the land of 8 Ḥmyrm, and may ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue 9 to protect the person of His servant Rbʾwm and his 10 sons S¹ʿdʾwm and Rbns¹rm, and may 11 ʾlmqh continue to grant them children 12 and descendants and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords, 13 the family Ḥzfrm, and their tribe Sabaʾ. 14 By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 24.8, w. 17.6, th. 6.5 |
| 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: 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. |