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Ja 822
Ṭaīrān 2001 a: 124 (facsimile)
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 ʾs¹[ʿd Yzd w-]ʾḫ[y-hw S¹mhyf]—
2 ʿ Yhḥmd w-bny-hmy ʾs¹dm
3 Yʿf w-S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr bnw ḏ-Kbr-ʾq—
4 [y]nm ʾqwl s²ʿbn Bklm rbʿn ḏ-
5 [hg]rn S²bmm ḏ-ʾʿḏr ʿrn ʾlw mq—
6 [tt] Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb mlk[ S¹]—
7 [b]ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb
8 [w-Y]ʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn h—
9 [qn]yw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḏn ṣ—
10 [lm]n ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏ-ḫmr ʾlmq—
11 [h]-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ʿbdy-hw ʾs¹ʿd Yz—
12 [d w-]ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyfʿ Yhḥmd bny [ḏ-]
13 [Kbr-ʾq]ynm hwfyn-hmw b-kl ʾmlʾ |
14 [w-tbs²]r s¹tmlʾw w-tbs²rn b-ʿm-hw w-l-
15 [wzʾ ]ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ḫmr [ʿ]bd[y]-
16 [hw ]ʾs¹ʿd Yzd w-ʾḫy-hw S¹mhyfʿ Y—
17 [hḥ]md bnw ḏ-Kbr-ʾqynm hwfyn-h—
18 [m]y b-kl ʾmlʾ yzʾnn s¹tmlʾ—
19 [n] b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḫmr ʾlmqh-[b]ʿl-ʾ—
20 [wm ]ʾdm-hw ʾs¹ʿd Yz[d w-ʾḫy-hw]
21 S¹mhyfʿ Yhḥmd w-b[ny-hmy]
22 [ʾs¹]dm Yʿf w-S¹ʿ[d]m Ys¹kr ḥẓ[y]
23 [w-r]ḍw mrʾ-hmw N[s²ʾk]rb Yʾmn Y—
24 [hrḥ]b mlk S¹[bʾ w-ḏ-Ry]dn bn ʾ—
25 [ls²rḥ] Yḥḍb w-Yʾ[zl B]yn mlky S¹—
26 [b]ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-hʿn[ w-]m[tʿn ]ʾlm—
27 [qh-bʿ]l-ʾwm ʾdm-h[w ʾs¹]ʿd Yzd
| Jamme edited only the first three lines of the text. Tāirān transcription has been followed, which in some cases differs from his facsimile. | |
| Same clients as Ja 615 and Ir 70. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd and his brother S¹mhyfʾ 2 Yhḥmd and his sons ʾs¹dm 3 Yʿf and S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr banū ḏ-Kbr 4 ʾqynm, ʾqwl of the tribe Bklm, fraction of the 5 town of S²bmm, descendants of the citadel of ʿlw, mqtt of 6 Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾmn Yhrḥb king of Sabaʾ 7 and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb 8 and Yʾzl Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 9 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this 10 statue in bronze, in praise because ʾlmqh 11 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted His servants ʾs¹ʿd Yzd 12 and his brother S¹mhyfʿ Yhḥmd banū 13 ḏ-Kbr-ʾqynm to save them in all the favours 14 and the good news they would seek and ask from Him, and may 15 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant His servants 16 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd and his brother S¹mhyfʿ 17 Yhḥmd banū ḏu-Kbr ʾqynm, to save 18 them in all the favours they may continue to seek 19 from Him, and may ʾlmqh Lord of 20 ʾwm grant His servants, ʾs¹ʿd Yzd and his brother 21 S¹mhyfʿ Yhḥmd and their sons 22 ʾs¹dm Yʿf and S¹ʿdm Ys¹kr, the goodwill 23 and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾmn 24 Yhrḥb king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 25 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn kings of 26 Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may ʾlmqh 27 Lord of ʾwm help and save His servant ʾs¹ʿd Yzd. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 90.1, w. 24.6, th. top 28.3, th. bottom 18.7 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 243-244 | 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. |
| Ṭaīrān 2001 a: 117-144, facsimile | Ṭaīrān, Sālim A. 2001. Qirāʾah ǧadīda li-l-naqš al-sabaʾī Jamme 822 min maʿbad ʾAwām. al-Dārah, 22/1-2: 117-144. |