DASI ID: ID: 6030
Text:
Translations:
1ʾbkrb ʾḥrs¹, of the family [ʿblm] 2and Yḥmḏl, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze as He ordered 4him in His oracle for the safety of his person and for that He delivered 5him from the disease of which he suffered since he returned from 6the post ḏ-Lḥgm, when his lord despatched him 7to lead and organize the Ḥimyarites in irregular troops (?), 8which were between the two armies and he suffered 9from that disease once a year until He implored a good omen 10from ʾlmqh and He ordered him this dedication 11and that he should seek help from Him once a year, on his responsabiliby, 12since the moment when this dedication would take place and for the future; and ʾlmqh 13promised and protected and gave favourable oracles and good news 14to His servant ʾbkrb regarding the survival and the life from that 15disease since the moment when this dedication would take place and for the future 16since the month of ḏ-Dnm of the year of ʾbkrb son of 17Mʿdkrb of the family Fḍḥm; may ʾlmqh grant him 18the goodwill of his lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ 19and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of 20Sabaʾ, and may ʾlmqh deliver him from the malice 21and the maleficence of any enemy. By ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm.
Translation Notes:
6-8Beeston 1972 a's translation of the lines: "the care, along with the Ḥimyarites, of the ʾbdt who were in both armies". For ʾbdt he proposed "irregulars" on the basis of Ar. ābid "wilderness, untamed". However, in the SD, the translation for qwm b-ʿm is: "to organize (troops)", suggesting a translation "to direct the Ḥimyarites in irregular troops (?)".
Corrections to Jamme's translations in Höfner 1964 and Ryckmans 1966.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 39.7, th. 24
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 3.2
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 271, Sh 16
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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