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RES 3929 Ry 36
Marcel Cohen
Cohen 1934: pl. X/1
Cohen 1934: pl. X/1
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 | 1.6 (max); 1.3 (min) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (R)ṯdʾlw ʾzkn bn Ḥlḥlm w-S²hr (mq)—
2 twy ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl B(y)—
3 (n) (ml)ky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny Frʿm Ynhb mlk [S¹]—
4 (b)ʾ hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-Ṯwr-Bʿlm-bʿl-Ḥrwn(m)
5 ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥg-n k-hrʾy-hw (b)-s¹nt-hw k-(y)[h]—
6 (q)nyn-hw f-rʾ k-hqny-hw w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-
7 [Ṯwr]-Bʿlm-bʿl-Ḥrwnm wfy mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥ[ḍb]
8 [w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn] mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḫmr-
9 [hw] ʾlmqh [ḥṣy w-rḍw] mrʾy-hw w-l-s¹ʿd-h[w ʾwld]—
10 [m ʾḏ]krm hnʾ[m w-]wfy grb-h[w w-l-s¹ʿd-hw]
11 [ʾṯ]mr w-ʾfql [ṣd]qm ḏ-yhrḍwn-h[w w-l-ḫryn-hw]
12 ʾlmqh bn kl bʾs¹tm w-nḍʿ [w-s²ṣy s²nʾm ḏ]-
13 [r]ḥq w-qrb b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-Ḥ[rwnm]
| 5-6 | Following P. Stein's integration. |
| 9-11 | All the pronouns -hw are integrated, we can also integrate -hmw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯdʾlw ʾzkn, of the family Ḥlḥlm and S²hr, 2 mqtwy of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, 3 the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, the two sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, 4 dedicated to ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn (and) Ṯwr Bʿlm, Lord of Ḥrwnm, 5 this statue in bronze as He showed to him in his dream 6 that he will dedicate Him. And indeed he dedicated Him. And may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 7 (and) Ṯwr Bʿlm, Lord of Ḥrwnm, grant them the safety of their two lords, ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb 8 and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān. And may ʾlmqh grant 9 him the favour and the benevolence of his two lords. And may He grant him 10 male and healthy children and the safety of his person. And may He grant him 11 good crops and harvesting which will satisfy him. And may ʾlmqh 12 deliver him from all harm and maleficence and malice of the enemy, 13 far and near. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of Ḥrwnm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bombay, Museum, 49 -old K.I.- |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Marble |
| Dimensions | h. 28.3, w. 21.1 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 192-194 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200. |
| Cohen 1934: 3-4, pls I, X/1 | Cohen, Marcel 1934. Documents sudarabiques. Paris: Adrien-Maisonneuve. |
| Schlobies 1936: 57-63 | Schlobies, Hans 1936. Neue Dokumente zur altsüdarabischen Epigraphik. Orientalia, 5: 57-63. |
| Stein 2003 a: 244, n. 580 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |