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Ja 730 MuB 11
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 34
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 34
Bron 1988 a: 50, pl. 4
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ... w-... ...]-hw Rbs²ms¹—
2 [m ](bnw )(ʾ)ws¹krb ḥwrw hgr—
3 [n M]ṭrtm ʾdm bn S¹ḫymm hqnyw
4 ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ṣly—
5 fʿm l-s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-wfy gr—
6 ybt-hmw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯmrm nʾd—
7 m ʿdy ʾʿnb-hmw w-ʿbrṯ-hmw w-l ṭʿ—
8 (mn) l-hmw ʾfql yfqlnn ʿdy byt-h—
9 mw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ḥẓy w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-hm—
10 w w-s²ʿb-hmw w-l ḫryn-hmw bn nḍʿ w-
11 s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
| 3 | Mṭrtm: reconstruction by Bron 1988: 42; Jamme 1962: 209 [.]zrtm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and his [... ...] Rbs²ms¹m, 2 of the family ʾws¹krb, inhabitants of the city 3 of Mṭrtm, servants of S¹ḫymm, dedicated 4 to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this statue in terracotta (?), 5 and may He grant them prosperity and the safety 6 of their persons, and may He grant them healthy fruit crops 7 in their vineyard and their fields, and may He give 8 them enjoyment of the crops that they shall reap in their house, 9 and may He grant them the favour and the goodwill of their lords 10 and of their tribe, and may He save them from the maleficence and 11 the malice of (any) enemy. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
| 4-5 | ḏ-ṣly fʿm: Jamme 1962: 209 translates "in solid clay" on the basis of Ar. ṣalā "to roast", Ar. ṣallat "dry ground" and Ar. faʿm "full". |
| 7-8 | "and He may give them the taste of the harvests" (Jamme's translation). |
| Jamme 1962 a: 209 | 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bayḥān, Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 33.5, w. 21.5, th. 12 |
| 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: 209, pl. 34 | 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. |
| Bron 1988 a: 42, pl. 4 | Bron, François 1988. Inscriptions du Maḥram Bilqîs (Mārib) au Musée de Bayḥān. Raydān, 5: 39-51. |