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Ja 745 MaMB 261; ZI 6
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾlġz ʾywkn w-bny-hw
2 ʿlym ʾtlwt ʾfrs¹ mlk—
3 n hqnyw mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯh—
4 wn-bʿl-ʾwm frs¹n w-rkb-hw
5 ḏ-ḏhbn hqnyt s²ftw ln-qd—
6 mm ḥmdm b-ḏt s¹twfy frs¹
7 mlkn Gdn b-kn rkb-hw ʿdy
8 S¹hrtn w-ḥmdm b-ḏt mtʿ fr—
9 s¹nhn Dynrm w-Ẓbym b-kn r—
10 kby bn s¹rn bryn yrtʿnn
11 ʿdy ḫbtn bl[t ]s²ʿr-hmw w-ḥ—
12 md b-ḏt mtʿ[ w-hʿ]n ʿbd-h{m}w ʾ—
13 lġz bn d[qt b-tʾ]wln ʾbl-
14 (h)[w ... ...]
| 10 | For Jamme Bryn is a proper name; Inān reads Mryn. |
| 11 | For Jamme Ḫbtn is a proper name. |
| 13 | Jamme's integration. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlġz ʾywkn and his son 2 ʿlym, ʾtlwt of the cavalry of the king, 3 dedicated to their lord ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 4 Lord of ʾwm, the horse and his rider 5 in bronze, dedication which they promised previously, 6 in praise because He protected the horse 7 of the king, Gdn, when he rode him in 8 S¹hrtn, and in praise because He saved the two 9 horses Dynrm and Ẓbym when they had been ridden 10 from the healthy valley to graze 11 in unhealthy pasturage without their knowledge, and in 12 praise because He saved and helped His servant 13 ʾlġz from the fall during the return of his 14 camel [... ...] |
| 6 | Translation in Nebes 1987: 86, n. 23. |
| 8-11 | The translation follows Beeston 1972 e; Jamme's translation is: "when they were ridden from the valley of Bryn in order to determine in Ḫbtn the rent of their barley". |
| 13-14 | The translation follows the Jamme's integration. |
| Beeston 1972 e: 353 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1972. Review of 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. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 35/2: 349-353. |
| Nebes 1987: 86, n. 23 | Nebes, Norbert 1987. Zur Konstruktion von Subjekt und Objekt abhängiger Infinitive in Sabäischen. Pages 75-98 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | The stone was reemployed in the western pavement. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 218 | 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. |
| Beeston 1972 e: 353 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1972. Review of 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. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 35/2: 349-353. |
| ʿInān 1976: 166-167 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |