DASI ID: ID: 6026
Text:
Translations:
1Mrṯdm Y[... ...] and his son Ḏrḥn ʾs²wʿ, of the family ḏ-Grfm, ʾqwl 2of the tribe Yhbʿl, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue 3in bronze, in praise because He granted and bestowed favours to His servant Ḏrḥn of the family Grfm, 4when they went on an expedition to perform service for their lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ and his son Mrṯdm 5Yhḥmd, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ 6and ḏu-Raydān, to the land of the tribe Rdmn in the war that initiated Whbʾl bn Mʿhr 7and ḏ-Ḫwln and Ḥaḍramawt and Qataban and Rdmn and Mḍḥym and all the soldiers and the Arabs 8who were their supporters against their lords the kings of Sabaʾ; and their lords 9S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Mrṯdm embarked on a campaign - and with them their servants among the Sabaeans and the ʾqwln 10and the army of the king of Sabaʾ - up to the vicinity of the town of Wʿln and came to confrontation with Ydʿʾl, 11king of the Ḥaḍramawt and the Ḥaḍramawt and Nbṭm, king of Qataban and Qataban and Whbʾl of 12Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln and ḏ-Hṣbḥ and Mḍḥym and all their supporters; Mrṯdm 13and Ḏrḥn, of the family ḏ-Grfm, praised the might and the power of ʾlmqh because He granted their lords 14S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Mrṯdm, kings of Sabaʾ, to crush and rout all the army of Ydʿʾl , 15king of Ḥaḍramawt and Whbʾl of Mʿhr and all their supporters; 16and Mrṯdm and Ḏrḥn of the family Grfm continued to praise the might and the power of ʾlmqh Lord of 17ʾwm because He granted favours to His servant Ḏrḥn and the men and the mqtt who performed service with him among their tribe 18Fys²n and Yhbʿl with proper killings and booty, that satisfied them, from the tribes 19they confronted with that day and because ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm 20fulfilled His servant Ḏrḥn and the men and the mqtt that performed service with him in that war in all the favours 21Ḏrḥn requested from ʾlmqh for that expedition. Mrṯdm 22and Ḏrḥn continued to praise ʾlmqh because their lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m 23and Mrṯdm kings of Sabaʾ and their army marched safe and sound to the town of Mryb; 24and Mrṯdm and Ḏrḥn of the family Grfm continued to praise the might and the power of ʾlmqhw, 25Lord of ʾwm, because He granted favours and protected His servant Ḏrḥn of the family Grfm and the men and the mqtt 26who performed service with him, when they went on an expedition to perform service with their lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Mrṯdm, kings of 27Sabaʾ, to the vicinity of the town of Ḥlzwm and in the oriental area and they besieged and invested the 28town of Ḥlzwm and ravaged all their valleys and destroyed and overthrew the sanctuaries and the forts 29and the wells and the irrigation system which are in its vicinity; and because He granted to their lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m 30and Mrṯdm to force the town of Mnwbm to capitulation and humiliation and all the towns and the fortresses of the tribe of 31ʾws¹n and the town of S²yʿn; and Mrṯdm and Ḏrḥn continued to praise the might and the power of ʾlmqh 32because He saved and protected His servant Ḏrḥn ʾs²wʿ of the family Grfm and Rbs²ms¹m Yʿrr 33of the family ʿlfqm from a military operation in which they attacked and pursued the Ḥaḍramis and the nomads that had marched to 34the vicinity of Tmnʿ. Mrṯdm and Ḏrḥn continued to praise the might and the power of ʾlmqh, Lord of 35ʾwm, because He saved and let their lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Mrṯdm return to the town 36of Mryb in safety and with a triumph that satisfied them in that expedition. 37Mrṯdm and Ḏrḥn continued to praise ʾlmqh because was successful (or: because He gave success to) the mission of Mrṯdm of the family Grfm 38in the town of Ṣnʿw and of the ʾqwl, whom their lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Mrṯdm commanded to go on the mission in 39Rḥbtn, in those two expeditions; and was successful (or: He gave success to) the mission of Mrṯdm and of the ʾqwl who went on mission with him (or: whom he brought on mission with himself): 40Rḥʾl, of the family Ḏrnḥ, and S²rḥṯt, of the family Btʿ, and ʾlrm, of the family S¹ḫymm and Yrʿd, of the family 41S¹ʾrn, and Yrm, of the family Hmdn; may ʾlmqh continue to grant to His servants Mrṯdm and Drḥn, of the family 42ḏ-Grfm, the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Mrṯdm, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 43and may ʾlmqh grant them soundness of faculties and material resources and may He deliver from Wʿln 44their servants Mrṯdm and Ḏrḥn and their tribe Fys²n and Yhbʿl from evil and mischief 45and all the malice and the maleficence of any enemy, far or near. By ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and by 46ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm and Ḥrwnm, and ʾlmqh, Lord of Mtbʿm and Rwẓn, and by ḏt 47Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf and by their solar deity, the Lady of Ṣyḥyn.
Translation Notes:
28-29This is the only attestation of the plural noun hyklt. The translation is based on a possible comparison with Heb. hêkel “manor” (Avanzini).
29b-ḫlf-hy: here, as in Sh 18§2, -hy is the genitive feminine suffix pronoun referred to hgrn (Stein 2003 a: 133).
30Mnwb could be the ancient name of Hajar an-Nāb in the wādī Markha.
38-39Rḥbtn is the region north of Ṣanʿāʾ.
Chronological
Period: D
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
Letter Measure: 2.4
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 203, ZI 57
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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