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Ja 746 MaMB 264
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 | 3.4-3.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Rbb[ʾl ... ...]ym w-bn-hw Yfʿ bny Kbs¹—
2 [ym ʾqwl s²ʿ]bn Tnʿmm w-Tnʿmt hqny—
3 [w ʾlmqhw bʿl] ʾwm ṣ[lmn ḥm]dm b-ḏt hw—
4 [fy ʿbd-hw R]bbʾl kl s¹t[... ...]ḥ[.]hw
5 [... ... ]ʿdy m[s²ymt]-hmw b-Yfd [w-]ḥ[m]—
6 [dw ḫyl w-mq]m ʾlm[q]hw b-ḏt hwfy-hm[w]
7 [b-kl ʾmlʾ ]s¹tmlʾ[w b-ʿm-hw w-]l-[w]zʾ ʾ[l]—
8 [mqhw ḫmr ]b[n]y[ Kbs¹ym ]frʿ ḏhb[-h]—
9 [mw ... ...]m n[... ...]l[.]
10 [... ...]b[... ...]
11 [... ...]ʾhb-hmw |
12 ... ...l[... ... rḍw w-]ḥẓy mrʾ-h—
13 [mw ... ...]bn w-h—
14 [... ... mrʾ]-hmw ʾl—
15 [mqhw bʿl ʾwm ... ...ʾdm-hw ]Rb—
16 [bʾl w-bn-hw Yfʿ b-ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾw]m
| The edition of the text follows Jamme's edition with his integrations. | |
| 16 | Jamme integrates: w-bny-hw Yfʿ. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbbʾl [... ...]ym and his son Yfʿ, (both) of the family Kbs¹ym 2 [ʾqwl of the two] tribes Tnʿmm and Tnʿmt dedicated 3 [to ʾlmqhw, Lord of] ʾwm this statue in praise because He granted 4 [His servant] Rbbʾl all [... ...] 5 [... ...] in their fields in Yfd and they praised 6 [the might and the power] of ʾlmqhw because He granted them 7 [all the favours] they sought [from Him] and may ʾlmqhw continue 8 [to grant] to the descendants of [Kbs¹ym] crops of their irrigated land 9 [... ...] 10 [... ...] 11 [... ...] 12 [... ... satisfaction and] goodwill of their Lord 13 [... ...] 14 [... ...]their Lord 15 [ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm][... ...][his vassals] Rbbʾl 16 [and his son Yfʿ. By ʾlmqhw, Lord of] ʾwm |
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. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | Reemployed in the western pavement. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 218-219 | 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. |