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Jamme 1962 a: pl. 17 Image free from copyright

Jamme 1962 a: pl. 17 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1ʾbs²mr ʾwlṭ and Rfʾ ʾs²wʿ,
2of the families Ḥfnm and Ḏnm, ʾqwl 
3of the tribe ʾyfʿ, dedicated to
4their Lord ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 
5a statue in bronze that they had promised Him in
6praise because He saved His servants ʾbs²mr 
7and Rfʾ from all the expeditions and wars 
8in which they performed service for their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², 
9king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and the Ḥaḍramawt and
10Ymnt, to the land of Ḫwln ʾgddn, 
11and his lord S²mr Yhrʿs² had ordered him to
12establish a protective force in the town of Ṣʿdtm and to 
13make a peace settlement with the nomads of Ḫwln ʾgddn after the
14campaign of the king [..] and after that they waged war
15against the nomads of S³nḥn in the valley Dfʾ, and
16their Lord ʾlmqh granted them glory
17and casualties and war prisoners and civil
18prisoners and loot and booty in great quantity, 
19and when they made an expedition and waged war with the ʾqwl 
20whom their lord S²mr Yhrʿs² had ordered to 
21fight S¹hrtn and Ḥrtn and they waged war on the nomads of
22Ns²dʾl in the valley ʿtwd to the north;
23they praised the might and the power of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn,
24Lord of ʾwm, because He granted His servants 
25ʾbs²mr and Rfʾ of the families Ḥfnm and
26Ḏnm spoils and war prisoners and civil prisoners
27and booty in great quantity, and may 
28ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant them 
29healthy children and soundness of faculties
30and material resources and the goodwill and the satisfaction
31of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and 
32ḏu-Raydān and the Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, and a great amount of 
33crops and good rainy seasons that will satisfy them.
34By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.

Translation Notes:

13lʾm “to make a peace settlement” (SD: 81); gʾm “to cut off” (Jamme 1962 a: 164).

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: Ja 658: h. 45.7-50.5, w. 19.5-21.6, th. 12.8-19.6; Ja 659: h. 42-35.6, w. 21, th. 18.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.4-2.5

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: Ir 40

Spatial

Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis

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