DASI ID: ID: 5969

Phillips, Wendell 1955: 284 (photo) Image free from copyright
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Translations:
1[ʾnmrm ... ...] Ġymn, lords of the house 2S¹lḥn, ʾqwl of the tribe Ġymn, dedicated to ʾlmqh 3Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue with which ʾnmrm praised the power 4of ʾlmqh, because He has brought to a successful conclusion the divine outcome thanks to which 5the Sabaeans, the ʾqwl and the army consented to an action and made it known 6to their lord Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ. 7Their lord Krbʾl has exalted their house Slḥn. In praise 8because He protected His servant ʾnmrm of Ġymn and all the soldiers who followed him 9from their tribe Ġymn in the tasks they acquitted in the city of Mryb, 10in consequence of the decision of their lord Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ, son of 11Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ, as he had ordered them in order to observe and to comply 12his authority in the city of Mryb: himself and his brother Rṯdm of Mʾḏnm, during 13a period of five months. In praise because he brought to a successful conclusion and performed successfully 14and accomplished for their lord Krbʾl all the outcome he ordered them during 15all these months. May ʾlmqh grant to His servant ʾnmrm of Ġymn 16prosperity, safety and good luck, and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 17Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king 18of Sabaʾ; and may ʾlmqh grant to His servant ʾnmrm of Ġymn, male healthy 19children in the houses of Ġymn; and may ʾlmqh grant to His servant 20ʾnmrm of Ġymn abundance of crops and harvests in all their 21lands and their valleys and their water-courses and their lands irrigated by canals; and may 22ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, help and protect and preserve His servant ʾnmrm and the descendants 23of Ġymn and their tribe Ġymn from harm and bad luck 24and from the malice and the maleficence of any enemy; and may ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, destroy and crush 25every war enemy and personal enemy of ʾnmrm and of the descendants of Ġymn and of their tribe 26Ġymn, and for what has been and will be favourable for ʾnmrm and the descendants of Ġymn and 27the tribe Ġymn. By ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, Lord of Bḥr Ḥṭbm, 28and Hwbs¹, and ʾlmqh Ṯhwn and Ṯwr Bʿlm, the two Lords of ʾwm and Ḥrwnm, 29and ʾlmqh, Lord of Ms¹kt and Yṯw Brʾn, and by ḏt-Ḥmym 30and by ḏt-Bʿdnm and by their patron Ḥgrm Qḥmm, Lord of the two mountains 31Tnʿ and Lms¹ and of the house ʾḥrm, and by their two solar deities, Ladies of Nhd 32[..]ʾm; and they entrusted their dedication to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.
Translation Notes:
7Korotayev 1996 gives a different interpretation of the term hyhr and translates it as "accession (probably to the throne)" instead of "has exalted".
11-13Nebes 1987 translates "wie er ihnen befohlen hatte, dass Ausschau halten und seinem Befehl Folge leisten sollten in der Stadt Mārib er und sein Bruder Rṯdm aus der Sippe Maʾḏin während eines Zeitraums von funf Monaten".
23Höfner 1964 b translates mngt as "storm".
Chronological
Period: D
Mentioned Date: (second half of the 2nd century AD)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: MaMB 314
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Mārib
private Collection: false
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