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MB 2004 I-113
Maraqten 2005 b: 388 (fig. 3)
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S¹mʿz ḏt Brlm ʾmh b(n)
2 Qrḍn hqnyt ʾlmqh Ṯhw—
3 n bʿl ʾwm ṣlmtnhn ḏ—
4 (t)y ḏhbn ḥg-n k-s²ftt ʾlmq—
5 (h) k-mʿn-mw ḏ-yḫmrn-hw qny bt—
6 m (w)-(r)ʾ k-ḫmr-hw bt-hmw Brlʿ—
7 z w-rʾ k-hwfyt-hw hqnytn l-
8 s²rḥ grb hyt mrʾtn ḏt t—
9 s¹tmyn Brlʿz w-l-s¹ʿd-hw s¹lm—
10 m w-m(ng)t ṣdqm l-wfy-hmw w-wf—
11 y bt-hmw w-wfy (ʾwld)-hmw b-ʾ—
12 lmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
| 1 | According to Maraqten, ʾmh is an error for the singular ʾmt. However, cf. the similar case of CIAS 39.11/o 3 n° 10=Ja 731: Nʿmt ḏt Ddḥ(m)d ʾmh bn Ḫḏw(t). According to Jamme, ʾmh may refer to the two previous names. |
| 1-2 | Mqrmn (Maraqten). |
| 3 | The writer repeated by mistake the last two letters of Ṯhwn and the name ʾlmqh, but then he erased them and corrected the text (Maraqten). |
| 5 | k-yḫmrn-hw (Maraqten). Note the use of the pronoun ḏ in the phrase k-mʿn-mw ḏ-yḫmrn-hw, instead of the verb only (yḫmrn) or the particle k- (k-yḫmrn). |
| 7 | hqnyt (Maraqten). |
| 10 | w-wfy-mw (Maraqten). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹mʿz of Brlm, servants of the family 2 Qrḍn, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 3 Master of ʾwm two female statues in 4 bronze, as she promised ʾlmqh 5 as soon as He would grant her the possess of a daughter, 6 and then He granted her their daughter Brlʿz 7 and then she offered Him the dedication for 8 the safety of the person of this woman, whose 9 name is Brlʿz; and may He grant her peace 10 and good luck and their safety and the safety 11 of their daughter and the safety of their children, by ʾ- 12 mqh Master of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 24, w. 21 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | Reemployed in the pavement of the Peristyle Hall. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Maraqten 2005 b: 381-383, 388 (fig. 3) | Maraqten, Mohammed 2005. Three recently discovered women Sabaean inscription from Maḥram Bilqīs. Pages 377-388 in Amida Sholan, Sabina Antonini and Mounir Arbach (eds). Sabaean Studies (Dirāsāt Sabaʾiyya). Archaeological, epigraphical and historical studies in honour of Yūsuf M. ʿAbdallāh, Alessandro de Maigret, Christian J. Robin on the occasion of their sixtieth birthdays. Naples: Università degli studi di Napoli l'Orientale. [University of Ṣanʿāʾ; Yemeni-Italian Centre for Archeological Reserches Ṣanʿāʾ; Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ] |