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CIAS 39.11/o 2 n° 6 Ja 708
By kind permission of GOAM
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 | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (H)wfʿṯt Yzkn bn M(f)[... ...]
2 mqtwy S²fʿṯt ʾs²wʿ w-bny-h(w)
3 Zydm ʾymn bn Hmdn w-F—
4 (y)s² w-S¹ʾrn hqnyw ʾlmqh (bʿl)-(ʾ)—
5 [w](m) mṯkḥm w-b-ʿly-hw ṣl(m)[m]
6 [ḏ-](ḏ)hbm ḥmdm b-(ḏ)t m(t)[ʿ-hw]
7 [b]n n(ḍ)ʿ (w)-s²ṣy s²nʾm (w)-[b-ḏt]
8 [ḫ](m)r-hw ʾtw b-wfym w-mh(r)[g]—
9 m bn ḍbʾt hbʿ(y)n w-l-w[z]—
10 ʾ ḫmr-hw ʾʾrḫ ṣdqm
| 1 | Jamme integrates M[fys²] |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿṯt Yzkn descendant of M[... ...] 2 mqtwy of S²fʿṯt ʾs²wʿ and his son 3 Zydm ʾymn descendant of Hmdn, 4 Fys² and S¹ʾrn dedicated to ʾlmqh [... ...] 5 [.]m a plinth and upon it a bronze 6 statue, in praise because He saved him 7 from the maleficence and the malice of the enemy, and because 8 He granted him the return in safety and with enemy casualties 9 from the hostilities in which he had engaged; and may He continue 10 to grant him prosperous undertakings. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1626 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 35, w. 22, th. 6 |
| 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: 196, pl. 28 | 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. |
| CIAS: ii, 25-27, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |