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MB 2001 I-108
Maraqten 2002: 214, fig. 6
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| Aecond half of the 2nd century CE. |
TEXT
1 S²rḥṯt ʾzʾd bn Yh—
2 ʿn w-ʾḫy-hw Yhʿn bn Yhʿn hqnyw
3 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ṣlmn ḥ—
4 mdm b-ḏt hwfy ʾlmqh ʿbd-hw
5 S²rḥṯt b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-
6 hw w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh hwfyn ʿbd-hw S²—
7 rḥṯt b-kl ʾmlʾ yzʾn s¹tmlʾn
8 w-ntḍʿn b-ʿm-hw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh
9 nʿmtm w-mngt ṣdqm w-rḍw w-ḥẓy m—
10 rʾ-hmw Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm mlk S¹b—
11 ʾ bn Whbʾl Yhẓ mlk S¹bʾ w-l ḫ—
12 ryn ʾlmqh grybt ʿbdy-hw S²rḥ—
13 ṯt w-Yhʿn w-ḏ-ṣḥ l-hmw bn bʾs¹t—
14 m w-nkym w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l-s¹ʿd ʾ—
15 lmqh ʾdm-hw S²rḥṯt w-Yhʿn ʾṯmr
16 w ʾfql ṣdqm bn-kl ʾrḍt-hmw w-
17 ʾs¹rr-hmw w-ʾtyt-hmw w-mfnt-hmw
18 b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥmy—
19 m w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b-s²ms¹ mlkn Tnf
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²rḥṯt ʾzʾd, of the family Yhʿn, 2 and his brother Yhʿn, of the family, dedicated to 3 the god ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this 4 statue in gratitude because ʾlmqh granted His servant 5 S²rḥṯt an answer in all the oracles he sought from Him. 6 And may ʾlmqh continue to provide safety for His 7 servant S²rḥṯt in all favours he will continue to seek 8 and implore for Him. May ʾlmqh grant them 9 grace and good luck and the goodwill and the favour 10 of their lord Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ, 11 son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ, and 12 may ʾlmqh vouchsafe the body of both His servants S²rḥṯt 13 and Yhʿn and guarantee them security against evil 14 mischief, harm and the malice of any enemy. And may ʾlmqh 15 grant his servants S²rḥṯt and Yhʿn fine fruits and 16 crops from their cultivated land and 17 their cultivated valleys and from their crop-yield and from their irrigated lands. 18 By ʿṯtr and Hbs¹, ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym 19 and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by Tnf, the Sun-goddess of the king. |
| Maraqten 2002: 214 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2002. Newly discovered Sabaic inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqīs, near Mārib. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 32: 209-216. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| 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 |
| Notes | Found during the AFSM excavations in 2001. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Maraqten 2002: 213-214, figs 5-6 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2002. Newly discovered Sabaic inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqīs, near Mārib. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 32: 209-216. |