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Ja 747 MaMB 268
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 | 4.5 (max.); 3.8 (min.) |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]rymn Yrdf w-bn-hw bnw Y—
2 [hfrʿ] ʾġymn hqn[y]w ʾlmqh Ṯh[wn]
3 [bʿl-ʾ]wm ṣlmnhn w-ṣlmtn ʾly [... ...]
4 [... ... ḥ]mdm b-ḏt hwfy ʾlmqh [ʿbd-h]—
5 [w ... ...r]ymn bn [Yh]frʿ bn[... ...]
6 [... ...] b-ʿm ʾlmqh w-ḥmd[m b-ḏt]
7 [ḫmr-h]mw ʾlmqh wfy m[rʾy-hmw .]
8 [... ... ]ʾgrm w-Rbbḥgrm[ ... ...]
9 [... ... b]ny Yhfrʿ w-l wz[ʾ ʾlmqh s¹ʿ]—
10 [d ʾdm-hw] bny Yhfrʿ ʾwldm [ʾḏ]—
11 [k]rm hnʾn w-l s¹ʿd-hmw [ʾlmqh nʿ]—
12 mtm w-wfym w-mngt ṣdqm[ w-ḥ]—
13 ẓy w-rḍw ʾm[rʾ]-h[m]w ʾ[mlk S¹b]—
14 ʾ w-bny ḏ-Ġymn w-l s¹ʿd-hm[w ʾl]—
15 mqh ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣ[dqm ... ... w-]
16 dʿtm s²fqm bn kl ʾrḍ-h[mw ... ...]—
17 yr ʾlmqh kl s²nʾ-hm[w ... ...]
18 b-ʿly-hmw b-s²ṣy s¹wʾm [w-l hwf](y)-(h)—
19 mw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh
20 Ṯhwn w-b-s²ym-hmw Ḥgrm Qḥmm
| 15 | Jamme integrates: ṣ[dqm w-s¹qym w-]. |
| 16-17 | Jamme integrates: ʾrḍ-h[mw w-l g]yr; and he translates gyr "prostrate". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]rymn Yrdf and his son, of the family 2 Yhfrʿ, those of Ġym, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3 Lord of ʾwm, two statues and a female statue which [... ...] 4 [... ...] in praise because ʾlmqh saved His servant 5 [... ...]rymn of the family Yhfrʿ, son [... ...] 6 [... ...] from ʾlmqh and in praise because 7 ʾlmqh granted them the safety of their two lords 8 [... ...]ʾgrm and Rbbḥgrm [... ...] 9 [... ...] of the family Yhfrʿ, and may ʾlmqh continue to grant 10 His vassals, the family Yhfrʿ, healthy male children, 11 and may ʾlmqh grant them prosperity 12 and safety and good luck and the goodwill 13 and the satisfaction of their lords the kings of Sabaʾ 14 and the descendants of Ġymn; may ʾlmqh grant them 15 good crops and harvests and [... ...] and 16 crops in abundance from all their land, and may 17 ʾlmqh [... ...] every enemy of them [... ...] 18 upon them with unfavourable malice, and may He protect them 19 from the malice and the maleficence of any enemy. By ʾlmqh 20 Ṯhwn and by their patron Ḥgrm Qḥmm. |
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 reused in the western pavement. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 219-220 | 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. |